native waterbirds

22" x 30", gouache & pencil, framed

AVAILABLE AT THE ʻŌLENA GALLERY in Hawī on Hawaiʻi Island

Features Hawai'i's remaining native waterbirds:

ae'o (Hawaiian stilt)

'alae 'ula (Hawaiian moorhen)

'alae ke'oke'o (Hawaiian coot)

nēnē (Hawaiian goose)

koloa maoli (Hawaiian duck)

...migratory ʻulili birds, and other native estuary creatures

ORIGINALS

house of fern & fire

18" x 24", gouache & pencil, framed

AVAILABLE AT THE ʻŌLENA GALLERY in Hawī on Hawaiʻi Island

Kīleauea erupting in Halemaʻumaʻu crater crowned with koaʻe kea birds (white-tailed tropicbirds) and native plants: ʻōhiʻa trees, uluhe &ʻamaʻu ferns, naʻenaʻe, Hawaiian catchfly, ʻōhelo berries, ʻaʻaliʻi, & pūkiawe.

calling the rain

18" x 24", gouache & pencil, framed

Exhibited at the 2025 Hawaiʻi Nei Show

This painting is a prayer for pure, living, life-giving, gentle rains to drench the parched soils and native plant roots of Hawaiʻi Island....featuring a pair of ʻalalā (Hawaiian crows) and amazingly resilient native dryforest plants...

From left to right: kuluʻī, kokiʻo, wiliwili, lama, and uhiuhi...and below in the rocks: pua kala (Hawaiian poppy) & pili uka (mountain pili grass).