Featured Artists: Jeannie Garcia & Kathleen Carr
Featured Cover Artist: Jeannie Garcia
Jeannie Garcia grew up in Pennsylvania and attended York Academy of Arts in York, Pennsylvania. After college, she moved to Southern California and trained at the Mission Renaissance Studios in the traditional methods used by the Great Masters. While she enjoyed living in Southern California for more than 20 years, the beauty of Hawai‘i called her family to Kailua-Kona in 2003. She and her husband, musician Dennis Garcia, raised their two sons here, and are still loving life on the island.
Since living in Hawai‘i, Jeannie has attended workshops in oil and outdoor painting, and pastels, which she has been experimenting with recently.
In August 2011, Jeannie joined the West Hawai‘i Plein Air Painters group and loved painting outdoors; however, lately her health has limited her ability to join them. She also enjoyed participating in several “Paint-Outs.” In 2014 and 2016 Jeannie participated in the Big Island Plein Air Show at the Wailoa Center in Hilo, and Arts at the Pavilion in Kona in 2015 and 2016. In December 2015 she received best in show for her oil painting Calm and Quiet in the juried Big Island Plein Air Exposition held at the Kahilu Theatre in Waimea.
Jeannieʻs artwork consists of small landscape oil paintings, plein air, studio work, and large scale paintings. She accepts commission requests from clients to paint their favorite locations, which is a great way to preserve their Hawai‘i memories, whether living here or visiting. Her clients overwhelmingly express that she evokes a calming and peaceful emotional response with her paintings. These sentiments are attributed to some of the traditional techniques of the Old Masters, such as an underpainting, and in the color palettes she uses.
When asked where she gets her inspiration, Jeannie shares, “As a landscape painter here in Hawai‘i I have an endless supply of wonderful subject matter. For me, the awesome beauty of this island reflects Godʻs artistry. I can clearly see His talent as the Master of Creativity and it is His creativity that inspires me. I am truly blessed to be among those who get to witness and attempt to record His talent.”
Jeannieʻs goal in painting is to capture the endless beauty and ever-changing landscape that surrounds her on the rugged and magnificent island of Hawai‘i.
Her paintings are on display at the Kohala Coast Fine Art Gallery in Waikoloaʻs Kingsʻ Shops.
For more information: jeanniegarcia.com
Table of Contents Photographer: Kathleen Carr
Kathleen Carr first discovered her passion for photography as fine art while she was attending University of California, Santa Barbara as an art major. She ended up going to Ohio University to get her bachelors in fine art (cum laude) in photography in 1970.
Kathleen became a fine art photographer, teacher, author, and a former Polaroid Creative Uses Consultant. Her award-winning work has been exhibited internationally, purchased for private collections, and has appeared in numerous books and periodicals, including her own four books. She received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1991.
Kathleen first moved part-time to Hawai‘i Island in 1991, and has been here full time since 2006. Her current passions are digital infrared, color landscapes and nature, photographing and filming dolphins, whales and other life underwater, and the digital darkroom.
Kathleen is president and co-founder of South Kona Artists Collective (SOKO) and is participating in their annual artistsʻ studio tour on February 26 and 27, 2022. She is also part of West Hawaii Artists Tribe (WHAT).
For more information: kathleentcarr.com
