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Spring 2024 Showcase
Self Reflection
Tayshia Kaohu | Age: 21 | First Place
This is a photo I took for my Art 207D class this year of spring 2024 for my final project. My inspiration was Florence Henri a historical photographer. I was inspired by her mirror portraits and still life. My most favorite one I have taken.
This is a photo I took for my Art 207D class this year of spring 2024 for my final project. My inspiration was Florence Henri a historical photographer. I was inspired by her mirror portraits and still life. My most favorite one I have taken.
Still Life #1 - “Dead To Your Love”
Phoeberly Ungos | Age: 21
This is the first oil paint piece I did for my painting class. I never done oil painting before which it is my first time, I faced and overcame many struggles with this piece.
This is the first oil paint piece I did for my painting class. I never done oil painting before which it is my first time, I faced and overcame many struggles with this piece.
“Call Me Anything You Want”
Phoeberly Ungos | Age: 21
This piece refers a song called “Anything You Want” by Reality Club.
This piece refers a song called “Anything You Want” by Reality Club.
Koʻolau
Madison Byrum | Age: 21
Sometimes you see things so beautiful that you have to try to re-create it. I took a photo off of the Likelike highway and wanted to recreate the beautiful green shades of the mountains.
Sometimes you see things so beautiful that you have to try to re-create it. I took a photo off of the Likelike highway and wanted to recreate the beautiful green shades of the mountains.
Fall 2023 Showcase
Keep it up!
Lee Ann Grunenberg | Age: 55 | First Place
My artwork was inspired by an AI sentence generator. My art instructor gave us (his Intermediate Drawing students) each unique sentence prompts, and my drawing evolved from an idea related to jazz music performers from Hawaii, keeping up the beat/rhythm and also their passion for performance. Keep it up also refers to the ongoing details and intricate patterns of my ink drawing on watercolor paper.
My artwork was inspired by an AI sentence generator. My art instructor gave us (his Intermediate Drawing students) each unique sentence prompts, and my drawing evolved from an idea related to jazz music performers from Hawaii, keeping up the beat/rhythm and also their passion for performance. Keep it up also refers to the ongoing details and intricate patterns of my ink drawing on watercolor paper.
Oh, Valentine
Jessica Donaldson | Age: 18 | Runner-up
The fire lit above the heart and several knives stabbing it showcases the passion and heartbreak that comes with love.
The fire lit above the heart and several knives stabbing it showcases the passion and heartbreak that comes with love.
Cyberpunk Wars
Marcel Saragena | Age: 46
The idea behind this image was to see how far I can stretch the imagination of photographing at night. The inspiration came from a blend of Star Wars and the video game Cyberpunk 2077.
The idea behind this image was to see how far I can stretch the imagination of photographing at night. The inspiration came from a blend of Star Wars and the video game Cyberpunk 2077.
Spring 2023 Showcase
The Flow Of Life
Erica Po’opa’a | Age: 20 | First Place
“The Flow of life” communicates what it is to be human. It incorporates the high’s and the low’s of life by showing off it’s vibrant colors, we link to as emotions. As your eyes move across the piece, you see the changing colors accompanied by “The Flow” (or the deep, wavy sgraffito lines) which guide your eyes, representing the movement of life including the people you meet along the way and the emotions tied to them. Some of the lines flow together and others slowly fade into a different direction, emphasizing that like life, emotions and people are indeed temporary.
“The Flow of life” communicates what it is to be human. It incorporates the high’s and the low’s of life by showing off it’s vibrant colors, we link to as emotions. As your eyes move across the piece, you see the changing colors accompanied by “The Flow” (or the deep, wavy sgraffito lines) which guide your eyes, representing the movement of life including the people you meet along the way and the emotions tied to them. Some of the lines flow together and others slowly fade into a different direction, emphasizing that like life, emotions and people are indeed temporary.
She Rises
Allyson Dunston | Age: 20
The first of many, marking a breakthrough. A painting involving the combination of past art and a live model.
The first of many, marking a breakthrough. A painting involving the combination of past art and a live model.
Flower Child
Betty Hill | Age: 19
A clown suit inspired by the true flower children of the 1960s; representing a brighter future through a return to nature and creative expression. Outfit was handmade by me.
A clown suit inspired by the true flower children of the 1960s; representing a brighter future through a return to nature and creative expression. Outfit was handmade by me.
The Princess
Betty Hill | Age: 19
This is a completely handmade outfit I made to perform a monologue at the 2022 Fall Student Showcase.
This is a completely handmade outfit I made to perform a monologue at the 2022 Fall Student Showcase.
Grey Skies, Cherry Lips (song)
Honybal Sosa | Age: 29
I was inspired by a painting of a woman holding a red umbrella in a gloomy meadow.
I was inspired by a painting of a woman holding a red umbrella in a gloomy meadow.
Last Ray of Sun
Kayla Angelie Romero | Age: 19
The view of a ride home. The sun says a beautiful yet bittersweet goodbye. Photo made: January, 2023.
The view of a ride home. The sun says a beautiful yet bittersweet goodbye. Photo made: January, 2023.
Transience till Tomorrow
Samantha Sumstine | Age: 19
The temporary nature of life was what inspired this piece – the visceral recognition that you’ll never see nor feel what is now ever again, but wish to capture every detail while the moment vividly breathes before you. Whether the place is now the same or has changed, was with a lover or friend, is living or beyond the living, my artwork wishes to convey the preservation of a memory held closest to one’s heart.
The temporary nature of life was what inspired this piece – the visceral recognition that you’ll never see nor feel what is now ever again, but wish to capture every detail while the moment vividly breathes before you. Whether the place is now the same or has changed, was with a lover or friend, is living or beyond the living, my artwork wishes to convey the preservation of a memory held closest to one’s heart.
Don't eat the fish
By Naomi Freire | Age:19
It’s about the pollution of the ocean in hawaii and how it can affect our main source of food, fish. The aspect of the contaminated fish is inspired by Junji Ito’s manga “Gyo.”
It’s about the pollution of the ocean in hawaii and how it can affect our main source of food, fish. The aspect of the contaminated fish is inspired by Junji Ito’s manga “Gyo.”
Reflection
By Claudia Grajeda | Age: 39
We project what we want people to see but we are built in layers. Once people go through layers they can see who we really are.
We project what we want people to see but we are built in layers. Once people go through layers they can see who we really are.
A Night in Waikiki
By Nathanael Bueno | Age: 18
This hazy dreamscape captures the vibrancy that continues even during the pandemic.
This hazy dreamscape captures the vibrancy that continues even during the pandemic.
Muddy Fish out of the Water
By Alexandria Lester | Age: 18
Goldstone glazed ceramic fish.
Goldstone glazed ceramic fish.
Blue Eraser
By Alexandria Lester | Age: 18
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