Paniau Trail Acrylic 8 x 10 on gallery wrapped canvas $250 |
Begun en plein air and then finished at home. A steady stream of dog walkers and people seeking shade or snorkeling sites frequent this trail. The near tree is a Beach Heliotrope.
JANE WORD TAYLOR ART: There is a sense of timeless balance between the essence of place and its various iterations. I love the interaction of the abstract shapes with the sometimes whimsical details of the moment. Paintings displayed chronologically - click to enlarge. Some art is available: email janewtaylor@icloud.com or go to www.janewordtaylor.com
A'eo at Kalokoa Fishpond acrylic on Aquabord 12 x 16 $440 |
Waimea Horses Acrylic 12 x 16 Gallery Wrapped Canvas $440 |
"When the Sand Goes Out" Acrylic 8x10 Gallery Wrap Available $250 |
This is the second picture finished since the cataract surgery completely changed (for the better) my field of vision. Overwhelmed with newly visible detail, I struggle to redefine what I want to include!
High Tide at Kahalu'u Acrylic 8 x 10 on Gallery Wrapped Canvas sold |
Pukalani Stables Over Time A digital Composition Prints available at https://www.janewordtaylor.com/artwork/300180-4017110/digital-artwork/digital-art/pukalani-over-time.html I tested the prints and prefer the gallery wrap canvas with mirrored edges. |
Stylized Tree and Canoes A digital composition prints available at https://www.janewordtaylor.com/artwork/300180-4017208/digital-artwork/digital-art/stylized-tree-and-moon-over-cliff-with-canoes.html |
The plants in this picture are: Kikuyu grass, Cook Pines, Desmodium, Bauhinia, and Wild Olive.
Kikuyu Grass - introduced from Kenya in 1925, this is a major pasture grass in Hawaii. It is probably the main pasture grass in both the green lush paddock and the distant dryer hills in this painting. When I was a child I heard the Parker Ranch cowboys discussing its spread. They liked it as pasture grass and related different places it had spread to.
Cook Pines were probably introduced from New Caledonia by Captain James Cook. We used to call them "Norfolk island Pines" and there is some confusion.
The trees on the distant Hokuula hill were planted in the shape of a P to represent Parker Ranch. Fortunately in my mind, the shape has deteriorated. Those were pine trees.
Desmodium (lower left) is a legume introduced for pasture forage. It gets everywhere! There are several types. Desmodium intortum, also known as greenleaf ticktrefoil, was first reported in Hawaii in 1916. Desmodium intortum is a naturalized cattle forage crop from tropical America. Locally it is often called "clover".
The flowers are Bauhinia. This plant is from Madagascar and was introduced to Hawaii in the late 1800s or early 1900s, with Joseph Rock and Dr. Lyon of the University of Hawaii distributing seeds. Hawaii has 13 species of introduced Bauhinias.
Wild Olive is the precursor to commercial olives. From Africa, it was planted as a windbreak and ornamental ,and has spread widely since the 1950s as birds enjoy the seeds. There is not as much information available about this wide-spread tree as one might expect.
South From Pu'ukohola acrylic 12 x 16 on gallery wrap $440 janewtaylor@icloud.com |