Tiny Pictures

 

These are 5 x 7 inch paintings, created mostly en plein air (on site). Please see the other website for details:

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Waialea Storm Surf
11 x 14 Acrylic on 
Ampersand fine board
This painting will be at the Mana Invitational Show at the Wailoa Center in Hilo
from April 4 to May 5th, 2025

A place of many moods, this favorite beach is often calm and perfect for snorkeling, but not today! I actually got tumbled a bit by the wave while I was painting and almost lost my paint bag. It was a triumph that I caused no mess!

 

Hapuna Sunrise - The Wedge
acrylic on ampersand board 14 x 11
$375

 This was  based on  a serendipitous webcam moment! I was checking the surf on the Mauna Kea Beach Resort webcams at https://www.maunakearesort.com/play/resort-happenings/webcam and was lucky to catch the sun just hitting the tops of the wave and the edges of the trees. I called to ask and was told a screen shot from the live cam doesn't have copyright issues - so pleased as this was a grand moment and I really wanted to paint it! The bird is probably an egret - there were several on the webcam - but in another age it might have been a koae kea.  I don't know if they are seen here but I have seen them in Kohala, so not far away. As always, I used other references as well, including my many years of memories. I recall swimming in that wave as a child. Now a popular surf spot, it has acquired the name "The  Hapuna Wedge"