Featured Artists: Richard Mortemore & Gail Griffin
Featured Cover Artist: Richard Mortemore Richard Mortemore, better known as “Dick”, was born and raised in Lambertville, Michigan where he remembers running around barefoot and exploring the farmlands and surrounding woods and streams. This is where his fondness and fascination…
Featured Artists: Rita French & Tommy Adkins
Featured Cover Photographer: Rita French Rita French was born and raised in Montana, but knew from about seven years old that Hawai‘i was her real home. It only took her 55 years to get here! 11 years ago she sold…
Featured Artists: Alice Hughes & Fern Gavelek
Featured Cover Artist: Alice Hughes Alice first came to Hawai‘i in 1972 on an around-the-world trip. “It was a lot different in some ways, but is still the same in others. I was embraced by this island in many ways…
Featured Artists: Trina Jezik & Don Slocum
Featured Cover Artist: Trina Jezik Trina and her husband, Rhys, moved to Hawai‘i Island in 2015 from British Columbia, Canada. “From one beautiful place to another,” says Trina. She had been to Hawai‘i 13 years before and dreamed of a…
Featured Artists: Kathleen T. Carr and Diane Tunnell
Cover Artist: Kathleen T. Carr Kathleen T. Carr is a professional and fine art photographer, teacher, author, and a former Polaroid Creative Uses Consultant. She received a BFA (cum laude) in Photography from Ohio University in 1970, and then studied…
Featured Artists: Jay Takaaze and Rita French
Featured Cover Artist: Jay Takaaze With a degree in Architecture and a Masters of Photography, Jay Takaaze has been a professional photographer in Hilo for over 40 years. He is recognized both statewide and nationally, garnering numerous awards for his…
Featured Cover Artist: Garry Palm
Hawai‘i has definitely inspired Garry Palm in his paintings. He and his wife moved to O‘ahu in 1987 and ever since, Garry’s exacting watercolor style has been making an impression on kama‘āina and malihini alike. The beauty of bright tropical…
Featured Cover Artist: Randy Dahl
This issue, we feature the work of Randy Dahl, a professional artist who has been living in Hawai‘i for the past 14 years. Originally from Eugene, Oregon, Randy moved to Hawai‘i Island to further his education as an artist. “It…
Featured Cover Artist: Sarah Week
Sarah was born and raised in Kailua-Kona and lived in San Francisco for about five years while attending the Academy of Art University, where she graduated with a BFA in animation. She recently moved back to Kailua-Kona. Although she has…
Featured Cover Artist: Lisa Bunge
Lisa Bunge grew up in Orange County, CA and came to Hawai‘i in 1984 from Austin, TX. After many years living so far from the ocean, she fell in love with Kailua-Kona when she came to help with her friends…
Featured Cover Artist: Lisa Greig
Lisa Greig grew up in a creative atmosphere in Sydney, Australia. Her parents were graphic designers who worked from home and had many artist friends who stopped by. Art has been her passion since she was a little girl. “I…
