Waimea Bay is on the island of Oahu and as many of you may know, recently had some huge surf along with the famous Eddie Aikau Invitational Surfing Championships held there.  This event happens only once every 5 or so years due to the size requirement of the surf.  It has to be at least 20 feet to hold the event and this year with the 'El Nino weather pattern going on, the surf cooperated and the event went off spectacularly with some very large and epic 18-20 ft. plus waves pounding through to the beach!  

Hence the inspiration for this painting.

Diary of a painting: 

The Start...

Prog 2...

Prog 3...

Prog 4...

Prog 5...

Prog #7...

Progress Report #8, FINISHED!  This is one of six paintings I will be showing two weekends from now  (Feb. 5th & 6th)  in the Punahou Carnival Art Show.  

Aloha Everyone,

I just returned from a wonderful 4-day paint-out on the "Garden Isle" of Kauai!  It was with a group of artists I belong to, known as P.A.P.O.H. (Plein Air Painters of Hawaii).   These events are like a convention for artists and we all share our knowledge and inspiration with each other.  We painted from Dawn 'til Dusk each day.  This experience filled me with inspiration and gave me lot's of new ideas. 

Below are a few images of the work I did there.  Note the painting is first and the photo of the scene I painted is next to each painting.

Hanalei Taro fields...