​​​​​​​​​This painting, Carmen's Passion, shows my still life setup and the finished painting.

 

(Notice on the bottom on the mango on the far left, I snuck in a sliver of orange light!)

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The yellow plumeria, red and green coffee berries, papaya and lilikoi (passion fruit), were harvested wild from our property in Kainaliu.

 

In the darker sections of my paintings, there are upwards of 10 to 12 layers of the pigment/water mixture, creating the most saturated jewel-tone colors imaginable.

 

​​​​My larger works took 35 to 45 hours from conception to completion.