preview new collection

I am currently working on our new collection. Here is a preview of what will be available in our fabric line.

 

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IS IT ART?

I often question myself..."is this, what I am doing worthy art?". It is something that I stumbled upon to be honest. I remember once looking at another artist's work at an exhibit he was having on Maui. His images were pleasing to look at. I found out that he had done in order to actualize these works was to take photographs and then project them on his canvas. He then painted upon the canvas as it be filling in the image with oils. Was this art? I now think yes. No one else had taken the photo and none other produced the final result.
I may be repeating myself now but that is okay. Walking about my property, I was taking photos that I wanted to send off to my acquaintances. As I viewed them myself I realized that there was a way in which I might rearrange them. I threw them into my favorite program called Painter. I started to use some of its elements to alter the colors. It was fun and full of surprises. Drawing on my own particular liking of certain colors I started to see new images. In reality they were my own begotten of my mind's eye and excitingly new. As with all things I began to refine as well as catalog the steps I had taken. In a way it was a honing of craft. So it is the end product that I serve up to the world. I hope for nothing other then putting them out there for as many to see as possible.

 This started as a photo of Ti leaves. It is now part of my "Madness" series.....Enjoy
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Digital Expression

I remember when my grandfather handed me my first brushes. It opened a world of self-expression. That is what art is all about. It takes all shapes and forms. The work is appreciated primarily for its beauty or emotional power. In this, today's world we as artists can send our work out into the world faster then ever before. With the click of an on screen button your imagination flies around the globe. I am so elated to do just that most every day. I work at my medium and then present it to anyone who might take a look. I just finished this piece.

Royal Cloak c CCHART 2010

54in x 54in canvas limited edition

  $200

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geometry

I have been doing my art digitally for many years now. I am by no means what one might call a tech genius. The fact of the matter is that I always have used what I would consider simple and basic approaches to creating my images. My favorite art form was and to an extent still is water color. Today I tend to use tint colors from the digital menu. That lets me play with the see through element that I enjoy. I never expected that I would add photography to my bag of tricks, but to my own surprise I have. It just happened one day while I was about to print some photos to send to my dear mother. I had taken a couple of close up pictures of some of the plants on my property. As I viewed them on my screen I became interested in their form. I threw them into my Painter program and played with them. I altered the colors and did some fun things like highpassing and negative operations. It was just a casual aside for me. Suddenly I realized a geometric attribute to the images. I started rotating and duplicating. Presto, a wonder happened before my own eyes. The once simple photo had become an abstraction. It reminded me of the many Persian rugs that I had always loved. It is funny how one stumbles upon things. I now am totally immersed in creating these very lovely images...at least in my view. Art is in the beholder's eye. I enjoy doing it. What else can one seek but loving the time one spends in this life. I hope that you the audience feel something from my art.

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this photo

                           

Became

copyright cchart2010

54" x 72" canvas

available in limited edition of 25 signed pieces

$300 ea.

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point of view

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 Mother earth sings out to me. I am entranced as I contemplate the wonder of it all. 

It is then that I turn to my WACOM tablet and reinterpret those very things.
My very personal point of view. 

coloring

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Living in Hawaii, I am able to set foot just outside my studio and no matter where I look I see nature gloriously exploding in unimaginable abundance and diversity. I can snap a simple photo and then magically render it as my mind so sees fit. The digital phenomena has put new brushes in my hand. Joyously I produce images for the world to view. Printing these on fabric has become my passion.

for arts sake

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It is a wondrous journey that I am on. Creating art is my soul showing itself. We all look at our world from unique points of view. This is mine.