Collector's Guide to Fine Art in Hawaiʻi: Artists, Traditions, History, and Collecting

Summary

Fine art in Hawaiʻi is shaped by something that cannot easily be duplicated elsewhere: an extraordinary convergence of landscape, light, ocean, culture, history, and a powerful sense of place. For generations, artists have attempted to capture Hawaiʻi not simply as scenery, but as an experience—the changing color of the ocean, the dramatic ridges of the Koʻolau Mountains, the quiet of an early morning shoreline, the movement of clouds and trade winds, and the human stories that give the Islands their identity.

Understanding fine art in Hawaiʻi requires looking beyond subject matter. A successful painting of Hawaiʻi is not important merely because it depicts Diamond Head, a beach, a flower, or a mountain. Its value begins with the artist and extends to the originality of the vision, mastery of composition and color, command of the medium, consistency of the artist’s body of work, and the emotional response the work creates.

This guide explores the history and traditions of fine art in Hawaiʻi, the qualities collectors should seek, the importance of craftsmanship and originality, the role of galleries and artists, and how to begin—or deepen—a meaningful collection of Hawaiʻi art.

Key Takeaways

• Hawaiʻi has developed a distinctive fine-art tradition influenced by its extraordinary natural environment, history, cultures, and isolation in the Pacific.
• Great Hawaiʻi art goes far beyond simply depicting a recognizable Hawaiian subject. It communicates a genuine sense of place.
• Landscape painting, plein-air painting, marine art, portraiture, abstraction, realism, and contemporary approaches all contribute to Hawaiʻi’s artistic landscape.
• The reputation of an artist matters, but collectors should also examine composition, technique, originality, consistency, provenance, and emotional impact.
• A meaningful collection does not have to begin with the most expensive artwork. It begins with learning to look carefully and buying work that continues to hold your attention.
• Galleries have an important responsibility to educate collectors, preserve artists’ stories, establish provenance, and help document the continuing history of art in Hawaiʻi.
• The best Hawaiʻi art can transcend geography. Although created in or inspired by Hawaiʻi, exceptional work can belong in important collections anywhere in the world.

Why Hawaiʻi Has Inspired Generations of Artists

Stand on a beach in Hawaiʻi shortly after sunrise and watch what happens to the landscape.

For several minutes, the mountains may appear almost black. Then a ridge catches the sun. Clouds move across the valleys. The ocean changes from gray to silver, then blue, turquoise, and green. Within an hour, the entire scene can look different.

An artist looking at Hawaiʻi is therefore never painting a completely stationary subject. The light moves. The water moves. Clouds form and disappear. Trade winds bend trees and disturb reflections. Volcanic mountains emerge from mist and then vanish behind it.

This constantly changing environment helps explain why Hawaiʻi has attracted painters for generations. But Hawaiʻi’s artistic importance goes much deeper than natural beauty.

Hawaiʻi is one of the world’s most geographically isolated population centers, yet for centuries it has also been a meeting place of cultures. Native Hawaiian traditions, later migration from Asia, Europe, the continental United States and elsewhere, and Hawaiʻi’s unique historical development have created an artistic environment unlike that of any other American state.

The most collectible artists do not merely reproduce what Hawaiʻi looks like.  They interpret what Hawaiʻi feels like.

That distinction is fundamental to understanding fine art in Hawaii.

After all, a photograph can document a coastline with extraordinary precision. A great painter must do something more. The artist selects what to emphasize, what to remove, where to place the horizon, how to manipulate color, where to create movement, and where to allow quiet.

The resulting painting is not simply a record of a place.  It is the artist’s interpretation of that place.

A Brief History of Fine Art in Hawaiʻi

The visual history of Hawaiʻi did not begin with Western easel painting.

Long before European contact, Native Hawaiians expressed sophisticated aesthetic traditions through kapa, featherwork, carving, weaving, tattooing, architecture and the creation of objects in which beauty, function, genealogy, spirituality and social meaning could be deeply interconnected.

Those traditions are essential to understanding Hawaiʻi’s broader visual culture.

Western-style paintings and drawings became increasingly common after European contact, particularly as visiting artists and expedition artists documented the Hawaiian Islands, their people and landscapes.

During the 19th century, artists created portraits of Hawaiian royalty, scenes of Honolulu and depictions of landscapes that were unfamiliar to audiences elsewhere in the world. These works today can be important historical documents as well as works of art.

As Hawaiʻi became increasingly connected to the outside world, more professional artists traveled to or settled in the Islands.  By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Hawaiʻi had become an important destination for landscape painters.

They encountered subjects unlike those of Europe or the continental United States: active volcanoes, tropical forests, extraordinarily steep mountains, brilliant coastal light and an ocean capable of changing character almost minute by minute.

Some artists approached Hawaiʻi romantically with passion. Others worked more clinically as observers.

Over time, artists who lived in Hawaiʻi for extended periods developed increasingly personal interpretations of the Islands.  That distinction remains important today.

There is a difference between painting a picture of Hawaiʻi and developing an artistic language that grows from a sustained relationship with Hawaiʻi.  The latter is one of the foundations of serious Hawaiʻi art.

Hawaiʻi’s Landscape Painting Tradition

Landscape painting occupies an especially important place in the history of Hawaiʻi art.  The reason is obvious at first.  The Hawaiian landscape is spectacular.  But spectacular scenery does not automatically produce great paintings.

An artist standing before the Koʻolau Mountains faces dozens of decisions.

• How much sky belongs in the composition?

• Should the mountains dominate?

• Should the artist emphasize the deep folds of the valleys or simplify them?

• Is the painting about the mountains themselves, or about the clouds moving across them?

• Should the colors be intensified to communicate emotion, or restrained to capture the atmosphere of a particular morning?

These decisions transform observation into art.

The same is true when painting the ocean.

Anyone who has spent significant time near Hawaiian waters understands that there is no single “ocean blue.”  Water can appear cobalt, turquoise, green, gray, violet, silver or nearly black depending on depth, weather, time of day and the angle of the sun.

An accomplished marine painter learns to see these differences. More importantly, the painter learns how to translate them.  That ability separates serious landscape painting from decoration.

The Importance of Plein-Air Painting

One of the most important traditions within landscape painting is plein-air painting—painting outdoors while directly observing the subject.

Plein-air painting presents a fascinating challenge in Hawaiʻi because conditions change so rapidly. A painter may begin with sunlight illuminating one side of a mountain and discover 20 minutes later that clouds have completely changed the composition.

The artist must make decisions quickly.

• What matters?

• What can be simplified?

• Which color relationships define the scene?

• What was the original idea that made the artist stop and paint this particular view?

Plein-air painting trains artists to see rather than merely copy.  The resulting paintings often possess an immediacy that collectors recognize even when they cannot explain precisely why.

• A brushstroke may be more visible.

• Edges may be less controlled.

• Color decisions may be bolder.

The painting can carry the energy of having been created in direct response to a particular place at a particular moment.  That immediacy is one reason plein-air painting remains such a compelling part of Hawaiʻi’s fine-art tradition.

Hawaiʻi Art Is More Than Landscape Painting

It would be a mistake, however, to define Hawaiʻi art solely by landscapes.  The contemporary art of Hawaiʻi encompasses an enormous range of styles and subjects.

Artists work in portraiture, abstraction, figurative painting, sculpture, glass, mixed media, photography and conceptual art, as well as traditional landscape and marine painting.

Some artists directly address Hawaiʻi’s history and culture.  Others explore color, form or emotion without obvious Hawaiian imagery.  Still others combine recognizable landscapes with increasingly abstract approaches.

This diversity matters.  A healthy artistic community should not have a single visual language.

The future of fine art in Hawaiʻi depends partly on giving serious artists the freedom to develop individual voices rather than expecting every artist to reproduce familiar images of paradise.

What Makes a Painting Fine Art?

This is one of the most important questions a collector can ask.

• Price alone does not make something fine art.

• Neither does size. A small painting can be exceptional.

• Nor does the fact that a painting is original. An original painting can be mediocre. 

Fine art begins with artistic intention and execution.  Several qualities deserve particular attention.

Composition

Composition is the architecture of a painting.

• Where does your eye go first?

• Where does it travel next?

• Does the painting feel balanced without appearing predictable?

Strong artists consciously control these relationships.  Even apparently spontaneous paintings usually contain deliberate compositional decisions.

Color

Color is much more complicated than accurately reproducing what the eye sees.

Artists use color to establish atmosphere, depth, movement and emotion.

Look closely at an accomplished painting of a Hawaiian mountain and you may discover unexpected violets, reds, blues or yellows within areas that initially appear simply green. These relationships give paintings life.

Light

Light is particularly important in Hawaiʻi art.  Great painters do not simply paint objects. They paint the way light interacts with objects.

A mountain becomes different at 7:00 in the morning than it is at 4:00 in the afternoon.  A tree illuminated from behind becomes almost a different subject from the same tree under flat midday light.

Artists who truly understand Hawaiʻi often become students of its light.

Brushwork and Surface

Move closer to a painting.  You will discover an entirely different dimension to art.

Brushwork can become a kind of handwriting. Eventually, knowledgeable collectors can sometimes recognize an artist before seeing the signature.

Originality

Originality does not mean that an artist must invent an entirely new form of painting. It means that the artist has developed a recognizable point of view.

The question is not simply:  Can this person paint?

The more important question becomes:  Does this artist have something individual to say?

That is a much higher standard.

Learning to Read a Painting

Many beginning collectors believe that experienced collectors possess some secret knowledge about art. Usually, they have simply spent more time looking. That skill can be learned.

The next time you encounter a painting that catches your attention, resist the temptation to look immediately at the artist’s name or price.

• Stand several feet away.  What did you notice first?

• Move closer. How was the effect created?

• Look at the brushwork.  Look at the edges.

• Notice where the artist included detail and where detail was deliberately omitted.

• Then step back again. Does the painting become stronger from a distance?

Now ask yourself:  Why am I drawn to this painting?

That question can be surprisingly revealing. Great paintings continue to disclose themselves.  You notice something on the tenth viewing that you did not notice on the first.

That depth of meaning in a painting is one reason certain paintings remain compelling and timeless

The Difference Between Technical Skill and Artistic Voice

Some artists possess extraordinary technical ability.  They can paint water that appears wet, glass that appears transparent, or a face with photographic precision.

That ability deserves respect. But technical skill alone does not necessarily create important art.

The history of art is filled with technically accomplished painters who were eventually overshadowed by artists with stronger ideas and more distinctive voices.  A mature artist develops both.

Technique becomes the vocabulary.  Vision becomes the message.

When evaluating an artist, therefore, look beyond a single impressive painting. Look at the body of work. Can you see development? Can you see progression in the artist's perspective?  What is the underlying consistency?

Does the artist return to certain questions, subjects or visual ideas?  Could you recognize several of the artist’s paintings without looking at the signatures?  When the answer is yes, you may be seeing the development of a genuine artistic voice.

Hawaiʻi’s Contemporary Masters and Working Artists

One of the great strengths of Hawaiʻi’s art community is that collectors can still meet and engage with many accomplished working artists.

This creates an opportunity that is very different from collecting historical art.

A collector can sometimes watch an artist’s career develop over years or decades.

At Martin & MacArthur, we have had the privilege of presenting work by a broad range of Hawaiʻi artists, including painters with distinctly different approaches to the Islands.

Artists such as Michael Powell, George Eguchi Walfrido Garcia, Eva Makk, and Mark Brown, for example, demonstrate how differently individual painters can interpret Hawaiʻi.

That diversity is important.  There should never be one prescribed way to paint Hawaiʻi.

One artist may be fascinated by atmosphere.  Another by architecture.  Another by the interaction of people and place.  Another may reduce a landscape to increasingly abstract relationships of color and shape.

The role of a serious gallery is not to make all of those artists look alike.  It is to help viewers understand what makes each artist different.  This is also why artist education should become an important part of collecting.

Learn where the artist studied.  Understand how the artist works.  Look at earlier paintings.  Compare them with newer paintings.

Listen to the artist discuss why particular subjects continue to matter.  The more you understand the person behind the work, the more interesting the work often becomes.

The Artist’s Studio: Where the Real Story Begins

A finished painting hanging under gallery lights reveals only the final result.

The studio reveals the process.  There may be sketches everywhere. Photographs pinned to walls. Small color studies. Half-finished paintings.  Canvases abandoned because an idea did not work. Brushes that have clearly been used thousands of times.

A serious artist’s studio is a laboratory. It is where experimentation happens. Understanding this process can fundamentally change the way collectors look at art.

A painting that appears effortless may represent years of experimentation. The ability to place one confident brushstroke may have required thousands of unsuccessful ones.

Craftsmanship in painting, just as in fine furniture, often becomes most impressive when the finished work conceals how difficult it was to create.

How to Judge an Artist’s Body of Work

Collectors should avoid evaluating artists solely on one painting.  Instead, examine several works together. Ask:

• Does the artist have a consistent voice?

• Is the work developing?

• Does the artist have command of the medium?

• Are strong paintings isolated exceptions, or is quality sustained?

• Does the artist continue challenging himself or herself?

Most importantly:  Does the work remain interesting after repeated viewing?

Consistency matters because serious artistic careers are built over time. A strong body of work tells a story.

Original Art, Limited Editions and Reproductions

Collectors should also understand exactly what they are purchasing.

• An original painting is a unique work created by the artist.

• A limited edition is produced in a stated number of examples. A reproduction may faithfully reproduce an original artwork, but is not itself the original.

Limited edition reproductions are not inherently “wrong.”  They simply represent a different value in the eye of a collector.

Transparency matters.  Collectors should know what the work is, who created it, how it was produced and, where appropriate, how many examples exist.

For significant works, documentation and provenance become increasingly important.

Why Provenance Matters

Provenance is the documented history of an artwork.

• Who created it?

• Where did it come from?

• Who owned it?

• Was it exhibited?

• Has its authenticity been established?

For contemporary art purchased directly from a respected gallery or artist, provenance may be straightforward.  For historical works, it can become much more complicated.

Good documentation protects the collector. It also protects the history of the artist.

As Hawaiʻi’s important contemporary artists eventually become part of Hawaiʻi’s art history, today’s gallery records, exhibition histories, photographs and documentation may become valuable resources for future collectors, scholars and families.

A gallery therefore has responsibilities beyond making a sale. It must actively take responsibility for preserving the record of the art

How to Begin Collecting Fine Art in Hawaiʻi

The best way to begin collecting is surprisingly simple:

Look at a lot of art before buying a lot of art.

Visit galleries. Visit museums. Attend exhibitions. Meet artists when possible.

Look at work online, but also see original paintings in person. Digital images are useful, but they cannot fully communicate scale, surface, texture or subtle color.

Over time, patterns will emerge in your own preferences.  You may repeatedly respond to paintings with dramatic skies. Or small intimate landscapes. Or highly controlled realism. Or loose brushwork. Or abstraction.

Pay attention to your preferences and reactions to different types of painting.  Your collection will inevitably reveal something about you.

Should You Buy Art as an Investment?

Art can appreciate in value. But predicting which contemporary artists will increase significantly in price is difficult.  Collectors should therefore be cautious about anyone presenting art as though future financial appreciation were guaranteed.

A healthier approach is to buy work that has artistic merit and that you genuinely want to own. Then investigate the factors that may contribute to long-term significance:

• Artist’s reputation

• Quality and consistency of the work

• Exhibition history

• Institutional recognition

• Collector interest

• Scarcity

• Provenance

• The artist’s continuing development

If financial appreciation eventually occurs, that is welcome.  But a painting has one advantage that most conventional investments do not:  You can live with it every day.

Buying the Best Work You Can Afford

One principle has guided serious collectors for generations:  Buy quality rather than quantity.

Instead of filling a wall quickly, consider acquiring one exceptional work.  Then live with it. A collection built slowly can become far more coherent than one assembled rapidly.

This does not mean every acquisition must be expensive.  Quality exists at many price levels. An emerging artist’s small painting may be a wonderful acquisition.

A drawing can sometimes reveal an artist’s hand more directly than a major finished canvas.  The objective is not to own the most art.  It is to own art you cannot live without.

How Art Changes a Home

Fine art has an unusual relationship with architecture.  Furniture occupies space.  Art can transform it.

A single painting can change the emotional temperature of a room. It can create calm.  Energy. Drama. Memory. A sense of place.

For people who have lived in Hawaiʻi, visited Hawaiʻi repeatedly, or experienced an important moment here, art can carry another dimension.   A painting can become a connection to a place and a specific time in life.

That does not mean the work must depict a famous landmark.  Sometimes a quiet image of morning light through trees evokes Hawaiʻi more powerfully than an instantly recognizable postcard view.

That is one of the differences between souvenir imagery and fine art.  Fine art does not simply remind you where you were.  It can remind you how it felt to be there.

Caring for Fine Art in Hawaiʻi

Hawaiʻi’s climate creates particular considerations for collectors.

• Sunlight is among the greatest concerns.  Prolonged exposure to strong direct sunlight can affect pigments, paper and other materials over time.

• Humidity also matters. Homes near the ocean may face additional exposure to salt air.

Collectors should consider placement carefully and use appropriate framing materials for works on paper or other vulnerable media.  Climate stability is generally preferable to dramatic fluctuations.

Paintings should also be handled thoughtfully and periodically inspected.  For significant works, professional conservation advice is preferable to improvised cleaning or repair.

A valuable painting should not be treated like ordinary household decoration.  It is an object intended to survive.

The Responsibility of a Fine-Art Gallery

What should a great gallery actually do?  Selling art is only one part of the job. 

It should also be willing to explain why one painting succeeds differently from another.  That requires knowledge.

The best galleries become bridges between artists and collectors. Artists spend their lives learning to see. Collectors want to understand what those artists see.  The gallery helps create that connection.

And over decades, a gallery can become something else: an archive of artistic relationships.

• It remembers exhibitions.

• It remembers paintings that passed through years earlier.

• It knows how an artist’s work developed.

• It introduces new collectors to established artists and established collectors to new artists.

That accumulated knowledge becomes part of the cultural infrastructure of an art community.

Martin & MacArthur and the Art of Hawaiʻi

Martin & MacArthur is widely known for Hawaiʻi craftsmanship and koa furniture, but our relationship with art grows from the same fundamental belief:

Things made with extraordinary skill and genuine artistic vision deserve to be preserved, understood and passed forward.

The connection between fine furniture and fine art is therefore natural.

• Both begin with craftsmanship.

• Both require discipline.

• Both reveal the hand and judgment of their maker.

• And both can transcend their practical or decorative purpose to become objects that families keep for generations.

Across our galleries in Hawaiʻi, we have had the opportunity to work with a remarkable range of artists and to present an extensive collection of paintings and other works of art. That breadth gives us a responsibility.

• We do not want simply to show art.

• We want to help people understand it.

That means telling the stories of Hawaiʻi’s artists, examining their techniques, understanding their careers, and helping new collectors develop the confidence to look critically at art for themselves.

Our objective is not to tell collectors what they are supposed to like.  It is to give them enough knowledge to discover what they truly respond to.

The Future of Fine Art in Hawaiʻi

The next chapter of Hawaiʻi art is being created right now.

• Painted outdoors on beaches and mountain roads.

• Created in studios in Honolulu.

• Emerging from neighbor island communities.

• Striving to be representational.

• Experimenting with the abstract.

• Drawing directly upon Hawaiʻi’s artistic history

• Deliberately challenging expectations about what “Hawaiʻi art” should look like.

That evolution should be welcomed. Artistic traditions remain alive because each generation adds something to them.

Today’s collectors play a role in that process.  When collectors study artists, visit exhibitions, acquire original works and support serious artistic careers, they help determine which works are preserved for another generation.

Collecting art is not passive. It should be immersive and reflect the the collector's frame of mind the perspective at the time a painting was purchased

Collectors are custodians.  A painting may spend 30 years in one home before passing to another generation. Eventually it may become part of an important private or public collection.

The choices collectors make today can influence which pieces of Hawaiʻi’s visual history survive tomorrow.

The Most Important Question When Buying Art

After all the discussion about technique, reputation, provenance, composition and value, one question remains.

• Do you want to keep looking at it?  Not for five minutes. For years.

• Does something continue pulling you back?

• Does the painting reveal more as you spend time with it?

• Does it create a feeling you cannot quite replace with another work?

Knowledge makes us better collectors, but knowledge should deepen our response to art rather than replace it.  Great art ultimately operates at the intersection of intellect and emotion.

You understand more.  You see more.  And yet something about the work remains impossible to completely explain. That is often why you keep looking at the same painting, year after year.

Frequently Asked Questions About Fine Art in Hawaiʻi

1. What makes Hawaiʻi fine art distinctive?

Hawaiʻi’s combination of dramatic geography, changing tropical light, ocean environment, history and cultural complexity gives artists an unusual range of subjects and influences. The strongest Hawaiʻi artists transform those influences into an individual artistic language rather than simply reproducing familiar scenery.

2. Is all art depicting Hawaiʻi considered Hawaiʻi fine art?

No. Subject matter alone does not determine artistic quality. A painting of Diamond Head may be a wonderful work of fine art, a commercial illustration or something in between. Technique, composition, originality, artistic intention and the strength of the artist’s overall work are more meaningful measures.

3. Who are some important contemporary artists working in Hawaiʻi?

Hawaiʻi supports accomplished artists working in many styles and media. Martin & MacArthur represents and exhibits a broad range of artists, including painters such as Michael Powell, Eva Makk, Walfrido Garcia, George Eguchi, Eva Makk and Mark Brown. Rather than relying solely on a list of names, collectors should study individual artists’ bodies of work and understand what distinguishes each one’s vision.

4. What is plein-air painting?

Plein-air painting is created outdoors while the artist directly observes the landscape. Because light and weather can change quickly in Hawaiʻi, plein-air painters must make rapid decisions about composition, color and atmosphere.

5. How can I tell whether a painting is good?

Begin by examining composition, color, light, brushwork, originality and technical control. Then look at other works by the same artist. A strong artist generally demonstrates a recognizable vision and consistent quality across a larger body of work.

6. Should I buy art based on the artist’s reputation?

Reputation is one consideration, but it should not be the only one. Examine the quality of the individual painting, the artist’s overall body of work, career development, provenance and, most importantly, your own sustained response to the work.

7. Is original art always better than a limited edition?

Not necessarily. They are different categories. An original painting is unique, while a limited edition exists in a stated quantity. Collectors should understand exactly what they are buying and make sure the work is represented accurately.

8. Is Hawaiʻi art a good investment?

Some works and artists appreciate significantly while others do not. Future values cannot be guaranteed. Serious collectors generally begin with artistic quality and personal connection, then consider reputation, provenance, scarcity and other factors that may influence long-term value.

9. How much money do I need to start collecting fine art?

There is no required amount. A meaningful collection can begin with one excellent small painting or work on paper. It is generally better to acquire fewer pieces you consider exceptional than to buy many works simply to fill space.

10. What is provenance, and why is it important?

Provenance is the documented history of an artwork. Good provenance can help establish authenticity, ownership history and historical significance. It becomes particularly important as works and artists increase in importance or value.

11. How should I protect paintings in Hawaiʻi’s climate?

Avoid prolonged direct sunlight, excessive moisture and major environmental fluctuations. Works on paper may require conservation-quality framing, while particularly valuable pieces may warrant advice from a professional conservator.

12. Should I choose a painting to match my furniture?

Consider the room, but do not reduce art to a decorating accessory. An exceptional painting can remain in a family long after furniture, wall colors and even homes have changed. Choose the strongest work and find the right place for it.

13. Why should I see original paintings in person?

Screens cannot fully reproduce scale, texture, surface, subtle color relationships or the physical presence of an original work. Online viewing is useful for discovery, but whenever possible, serious collectors should experience important works firsthand.

14. What should a fine-art gallery provide besides the artwork itself?

A knowledgeable gallery should provide information about the artist and artwork, accurately describe the nature of the work, establish appropriate documentation and provenance, properly present the art and help collectors understand the artist’s broader body of work.

15. What is the best way to become knowledgeable about Hawaiʻi art?

Look continuously. Visit museums, galleries and exhibitions. Meet working artists. Read about Hawaiʻi’s art history. Compare artists and periods. Most importantly, spend time in front of original works. The more art you see, the more clearly you will recognize the difference between something that is merely attractive and something truly exceptional.

Hawaiʻi Art Is a Story Still Being Written

Hawaiʻi has inspired artists for generations, but its artistic history is not finished.  It is being created every day.

Every artist who stands before the Koʻolau Mountains and sees them differently contributes another interpretation.  Every painter who studies the changing Pacific light adds another chapter.

Every contemporary artist who challenges conventional ideas about what Hawaiʻi art should be expands the conversation.  And every serious collector who chooses to preserve an important work helps carry that story forward.

At Martin & MacArthur, we believe that understanding fine art makes experiencing it more rewarding.

Our goal is to continue documenting Hawaiʻi’s artists, exploring their techniques and ideas, examining the traditions that shaped them, and helping collectors understand the extraordinary amount of artistic talent working throughout these Islands.

Because the finest art of Hawaiʻi does more than show us a beautiful place. It teaches us to see Hawaiʻi differently.