Name That Turtle

One beautiful late afternoon just after sunset, Sandy and I took a walk down by the shore at Kamaole 1 in South Kihei. The cloud patches in the sky were lit up with color, like dabs of paint on a light blue canvas. The patches of color ranged from bright yellow-gold,...

A Tennis Ball Begets a Glass Artist

As strange as it might seem, a tennis mishap was the catalyst that diverted Sandy’s artistic expression medium from acrylic painting to fused glass. Sandy painted for over 30 years, originally in oils, switching to pastels and acrylics in 1999. When we moved from the...

Gathering Steam

Well, I’m sticking my toe in the water…the creative pool of the (or should I say, “my”) right brain…and I like it!! What’s surprising me is that even though I’ve dabbled in watercolor for many years, I find myself gravitating to glass. I guess it’s because I’ve been...

Lahaina Art Society

Anyone who has been to Lahaina on a weekend has surely seen the wonderful local art being displayed and sold “under the Banyan Tree”. The Banyan tree is quite a Lahaina landmark. It was planted in 1873 and now covers an area of some 75000 square feet. It would...

Glass Art Exhibit at Hui No’eau

“Daylight” by Barclay Hill…Best in Show I wanted to say a little about a contemporary glass art exhibition, “Reflections”, at the Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center in Makawao, Maui. It opened May 12th and runs through July 6th. Glass art pieces exhibited...