Jane Word Taylor - Art

Low Tide at Honaunau  
Acrylic 12 x 16 on ready-to-hang
Gallery Wrapped Canvas
Available $440
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Although I've been many times to the National Park at Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau, this time was different. The tide was lower than I've ever caught it there and I was able to walk way out on the lava flow outside of the great wall, a space that has for me only been waves and foam before. The ocean was breathing in and out of the tide pools and the Kolea (Pacific Golden Plover) and ʻAkekeke (Ruddy Turnstone) had flown in to enjoy the feast. I lingered on the rocks for a long time, drawing and pondering the aliveness, before retreating to the shade to paint. The massiveness of the shoreline came home to me in a way it has not before. To arrive there seeking refuge must have been daunting! Now it is peaceful and lovely, a place of serenity for the moment. The link below explains the cultural aspects better than I could. 

https://www.nps.gov/puho/learn/historyculture/puuhonua-o-honaunau.htm