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Artist: Wendell Kahoohalahala
Title: Old Kiawe Tree - Hulopo`e
Medium: Original Oil on Canvas
Size: 16" x 20" unframed.
"As the sunset bathed in yellow gold the old kiawe tree, majestic with sliced limb, I was reminded of Vincent."
Artist bio: Wendell Kahoʻohalahala is a native Hawaiian artist born and raised on the Island of Lānaʻi. Primarily self-taught, Wendell discovered the magic of fine oil colors at a very early age; since then he’s been committed to telling the story of Lānaʻi through that tradition. Wendell makes the most of what he has, studying at the only institution available: the public library. Each painting is the product of painstaking research and reflection. Wendell's aspiration? To faithfully render the unphotographed story of Lānaʻi in a way that his ancestors would recognize and approve of. Wendell’s art is a story as seen through a native lens. It links the past and present as seen through the eyes of one whose ancestors have lived on Lānaʻi since time immemorial. It is the art of a true kamaʻāina, a child of the land.
