Jane Word Taylor

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

The Day Clears at Wawaloli
Acrylic on linen board 11 x 14
$300
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As I was driving from Waimea to paint at the beach near the Natural Energy Lab in Kona, Hualalai took on mythic proportions against the voggy morning sky. I parked and braved whizzing trucks to photograph the mountain I knew would soon vanish.

Sure enough, by the time I was set up to paint "plein air" at the beach, there were only clouds. The place is quite real but I admit to having removed rather a lot of cars and people!

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Spring Coffee
Acrylic on Arches Watercolor Paper
10 x 14

Sold

This painting was begun on location at a lovely organic coffee farm in South Kona. The day was warm and balmy and the coffee blossoms were fragrant and full of happy bees. I added the donkey. You will have to zoom way in to find him. The coastline is fairly accurate - this is based on a real place, but I moved some rocks and trees and bushes around...

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Hale Kūola Acrylic on linen 11x14

(Kūola means Alive and safe, as after escaping from danger)

There were a lot of un-homed people living here. In the past they were all crowded around the public bathroom and the atmosphere then was sad and hostile. Visitors were uncomfortable and the campers were clearly unhappy. Then this last time when I visited this beach that I remember from my childhood, they had moved all their tents across the road and under the tree with shade and a nice ocean spot. The same people were friendly and open. They were not in any way inhibiting visitor use of the beach. 30 feet made all the difference. I hope they are allowed to stay, and that we might learn something as a society. I am sure the problems associated with homelessness did not go away, but I am equally sure that they became less awful for both visitors to the beach and those who had no where else to go. Just a thought.

The painting is available. $320. email janewtaylor@icloud.com

Friday, January 27, 2023

Winter Surf in North Kohala
Acrylic 12 x 16 on archival linen board
Available $500
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Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Kiholo - Forces of Nature
Acrylic on Linen Panel
12 x 16
available $440
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That bench of lava across the bay was a Mauna Loa flow in 1859. This painting was begun on location on December 9, 2022, during another Mauna Loa eruption. We'd been seeing the glow from home, but the sight of this lava was especially noteworthy - it seemed impossibly far from the vent, but we know it isn't.