Vintage Hawaiian Sign artist named Steven Neil

I am looking for a Vintage Hawaiian Sign artist named Steven Neil. I think his shop is called Signworks Hawaii. I thought he lived in Hilo, Hi. He makes wooden signs. He used to have work in a local gallery in Los Gatos, Ca.

Do you know where I can find him…I am remodeling my house and would very much like to get some of his artwork.  Thanks in advance for your help.

Mahalo’

John Giannotti

Local Artist Creates Enchanting Mural at Hanauma Bay

By Beth Hillyer

HANAUMA BAY (KHNL) — Visitors to Hanauma Bay are greeted by an enchanting mural created by local artist Thomas Dier.

His vision for the artwork was ten years in the making and he went to great depths to get it right.

Visitors and locals alike admire the mural at the entrance to the visitor’s center.

“It was a concept that I developed with the Friends of Hanauma Bay and Alan Hong, Park Director that tells the story of Hanauma, hand wrestling bay,” said Deir. READ FULL STORY >>

Payment Processing for Offline Orders

HawaiiArt.com now offers artists an easy way to collect payments for commissions and custom projects. Artists can send an email to art@hawaiiart.com with the Title, Price, Customers Email, and Shipping Amount to collect, and we will generate an email with an instant Buy Now button (shown above). We can also email the button directly to the artist they prefer to share it with their customer personally. Our finders fee on custom orders is 10% so you will receive a 90% payout in 30 days when using this method.

Mahalo nui,

Glen Carner
HawaiiArt.com

Awesome art sale you’d be crazy to miss!

“Aloha Everyone! I’d just like to take this opportunity to let you know that I will be running an awesome sale on all of my work - originals AND prints from now through Labor Day. They are VERY affordable. In fact, EVERYTHING WILL BE 20% OFF! So if you’ve been putting off treating yourself to Hawaiian art (and remember, the magic of Hawaii isn’t just about photo realistic landscapes seen from the distance) or a making a gift of art to someone you love, now is the time to stop wondering if you can afford it - YOU CAN! And remember, the pleasure of a gourmet meal stays with us for an evening; a great vacation for a week or two - but the beauty of artwork lasts a lifetime.

Mahalo nui aloha a hui hou,
Marina Kuran
South Kona

Oahu Paint Out 2008

Hi Family & Friends/Collectors,

I’m excited to tell you about this fun event that will be happening in June! A bunch of us artists from Plein Air Painters Of Hawaii and The Association of Hawaii Artists all get together from the neighboring islands 2 -3 times a year to paint together “‘en Plein air”, which is a very inspiring and fun event to watch and participate in. There will be some top “plein-air-ists” there, and we are hoping you will come by one or more of the sights to say “Hi”!

There will be artists all over painting on location (mostly windward) the weekend of June 6 - 8. Me and Susie Anderson doing our thing at Makapu’u! Several are quite well known local artists including George Allen & Jan Bushart from Maui; George Eguchi, Anne Irons, and Susie Anderson from Oahu (to name just a few). Here is our schedule:

FRIDAY, JUNE 6
Kailua Beach Park, in the morning
Makapu’u Beach Park, in the afternoon

SATURDAY JUNE 7
Chinatown, all day

SUNDAY, JUNE 8
Moli’i Ancient Fish Ponds, in the morning
Ho’omaluhia Botanical Park, in the afternoon.

We will end with a pot luck on the 8th at Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden Gallery.

Hope to see you there!
Lynne Boyer

Artist must be a member of either PAPOH or AHA. If not already a member of either, artist chooses which organization to join. For more information feel free to contact Jan Bushart or Priscilla Hall.

Jan Bushart
janbushart@gmail.com

Priscilla Hall
ahaboard@hotmail.com

Chile Pincer print by Freeman

I am looking for a print called ‘Chile Pincer’ by R.T. Freeman (or maybe P.T. Freeman) — it is layered from bottom to top with shrimp then fish then a crab grabbing a chile off a plant in bright reds/blues. I saw the print in the Chile Pepper magazine Nov/Dec 1994 (yes, old!). Any help is much appreciated.

Rachel

Looking for “Older Women in Muumuus” print

Ok, this is going to be a crazy request but here it goes anyway. I don’t know the artist or even the name of the print but I can kind of describe it. (As a librarian I get this kind of requests all the time for books as people describe to me the story and want me to find a book so I understand as you are shaking your head and sighing…loudly). About 7 years ago I saw a print in Hawaii that had 4 or 5 older women dressed in muumuus and they were laughing, I don’t remember if they were just visiting on making something but it was very colorful. Does this ring any bells? If you know where I might locate this print or who the artist is please leave a comment below.

Sincerely,
Tracy

Keep your artwork looking “sharp”

Some of our artists have mentioned that their images loose “pop” after uploaded them to HawaiiArt.com. This occurs when the site reduces the image size and then uses jpeg compression to create the thumbnail, main, and full size image. Starting with a clear high resolution picture makes a big difference in the final display, but we thought we might be able to improve things on our end.

We have added a sharpening filter to the image uploader. If you want to test it out, simply upload an image and look at it on the site. Remember that the thumbnail, main, and full size image can all be sharpened in varying degrees so if you think the sharpening filter needs to be stronger or weaker please post your comments here and let me know.

If you are a tech wiz, you can see the details of the Convolution Filter

Halemaumau Eruption by Bryan Lowry

Aloha,

After numerous trips to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in the past two months, I now have several new photos from the latest volcanic activity available on hawaiiart.com. There were some long cold rainy nights and very long hikes involved as usual but, it was all worth it! Most of the night images allowed limited time to capture in between heavy rains. The Halemaumau collection, Halemaumau Eruption 6204, Halemaumau Eruption 6206 and Halemaumau Eruption 6213 are all long exposures of the eruption and the Milky Way glowing brightly in the sky.

Also included are sunrise photos of the new eruption and daylight images. All are the best you’ll find of this new activity. New images of Orchids have also been added to my gallery.

Click here to view all of my new releases.

Aloha,
Bryan Lowry

Art Maui 2008

Stephanie Sachs gives a tour of Art Maui 2008 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Centerʻs Schaefer International Gallery. During the tour, video artist Tom Sewell talks about his exhibited video, “Sewellʻs Family of Man.” Art Maui will be on exhibit at the Schaefer Gallery through April 6th.

Please Contact Us if you need assistance connecting with any artist you enjoyed in the video and we would be happy to help. Aloha!