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| La'aloa Acrylic 12 x 16 SOLD |
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
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Saturday, July 30, 2022
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Friday, July 1, 2022
Monday, June 20, 2022
Sunday, June 19, 2022
Sunday, June 5, 2022
Friday, June 3, 2022
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| Ae'o Flies in for the Turning of the Tide |
Acrylic on Gallery Wrap Canvas 10 x 14
sold
Please email janewtaylor@icloud.com
When I got there it was low tide and the pond was empty and dry. It was occupied by a woman in a beach chair and her small dog. The high surf suddenly began splashing in to fill the pond as the tide rose. The woman and the dog fled and the ae'o or Hawaiian Stilt flew in almost simultaneously. I felt privileged to be there for a priceless transitional moment.
Friday, May 27, 2022
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
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| "A Sense of Place" Acrylic, 12 x16 $440 janewtaylor@icloud.com |
“A Sense of Place” is about the little beach in front of the Kawaihae Canoe Club and along side the harbor. I have been coming here for 68 years and seen it through many phases. Mostly I have heard of this simply as the “Harbor Beach”, but it also has been called Honouli, which could mean “bay with deep blue (or dark) water”.
I have a deep sense that something here transcends the different meanings it has to the countless human, animal, plant, and bird tenants that have come and gone throughout time. Some of those are in the painting. Seemingly tranquil, this place fits the definition of a beach that I remember from high school science: “a deposit of material in transit”. Storms have altered this place many times, and some of them have been weather and some human and governmental. Before the harbor there was a lovely place that people lived. They had no choice in losing their homes to the development. Much history, and therefore turmoil, has taken place here, but the ageless tranquility remains. There are stories about the old days here at
Monday, May 9, 2022
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