My latest painting "Clover One" has been complete! I started sometimes in March or April after I got inspired from a walk in Astoria, NY to create a close up of a natural world, a world sometimes in oblivion.
50x50 inches, oil on canvas
Here are the links to my other paintings in the same theme:
Sensational One
Majestic One
The little offshore islet, Mokoli`i, is said actually to be a fluke of the cut off tail of a dragon-like creature. Hi`iaka (or Hi`iaka i ka pali o Pele), goddess of lightning and Pele's younger sister, was traveling along the Windward coast when she came upon great Mokoli`i, the Mo`o dragon. Hi`iaka mightily fought with the giant lizard and slayed it with spears of lightning. She then dismembered and used the body to form part of the base of Hakipu`u road. And when she threw the tail away, it landed in the ocean by Kualoa.
Oahu has it's own character. Besides tall New-York-Like skyscrapers in Honolulu, the landscape and ocean are quiet beautiful. I traveled around the island and a few drawings on locations. Here is a view on the Volcanic Cliffs i drew from one of the beaches on the North Side of Oahu.
I was on Oahu for a few days, before I flew back home. I found a picture-perfect place here at Waimanalo Beach. No wonder it has been discovered before me, and it's a memorable place, so you see just married couples taking their wedding pictures here. But you can also meet a local Hawaian or Samoan! I liked the food truck across the street and ordered their shrimp plate. Aloha!
This was probably the most peaceful ocean of all the beaches in Kauai, the water was flat as glass table. Yet, I realized this was a perfect spot for locals to hang out on the weekends. A lot of kids were playing in the sand, families were having pick nicks, it was just another day in paradise!
I have this book of grand thoughts that come from Jesus and Buddha and you'd surprised how two religions are similar with each other. The teachings of Jesus are so close that I once thought that Jesus himself might have studied Buddhist's thoughts in India or in the East. It could be an interesting hypothesis, since Christ's life isn't much recoded when he was in his 20's, his preaching come into being when he is in his 30's.
It's always been interesting to see how world religions and their artists represent the highest good or it's "Master" concept. Most of the time it's the nations pride and idealization. I've been always captivated by the image of Meditating Buddha in clear thought, in the transcended state of mind, the idea of letting yourself go, and let your mind out of the material world.
