Hello,
I keep wondering whatever happened to an old artist friend, and thought maybe you could help me find out. I’m assuming you must know lots of artists there.
This artist, whose name is ZOC, lived in Kona, out on the spit of land on the north end of Kealakekua Bay, and visiting him involved paddling across the bay, or hiking a long trail down from the road. A hermit type of guy, he was building his home out of lava rock – a home in the shape of a dragon. This was in the mid-80s. He was a friend and contemporary of Salvador Dali when he lived in the “real” world. I once traded him some fibreglass and resin for a wonderful contemporary tableau, and have it framed and hanging in my house. I never know is real name, just Zoc.
Mahalo.
Teia Maman
Soustons FRANCE
Zoc was my stepfather for 3 years in Berkely in the late ’50’s, early 1960’s. He still keeps in touch with my mother on occassion.
I have a welded sculpture of a bird (metal—not sure what—) he made in ‘62.
I understand that he is ill but still living.
Lisa
P.S. His real name was Robert (also Aubert) Cox