MANOA and the RAINBOWS

Go to Manoa to see waterfalls .
Go to Manoa to see university students at the Coffee House deep in study.
Go to Manoa to eat a crepe .
Go to Manoa to experience a close up view of huge rainbows.
Go to Manoa to see lush green space.
Go to Manoa to see the Chinese Cemetery (painting above of that area)

It is lovely but LOTS OF RAIN.
Check out this little site below, all about hiking Manoa.
http://www.localhikes.com/Hikes/Manoa_3320.asp

dream of forgetting to get dressed

I used to dream that I forgot to get dressed. I hear that it is a fairly common dream. I looked it up in a dream book once and it suggested that it represents being unprepared.

I go to a Life Drawing class in Honolulu. The class always has a wonderful model and Mark N. Brown conducts the class at the Academy of Arts in Honolulu. You can be sure you'll get a lively group if you attend...and what's more, it's a DROP in class so you don't have to sign up in advance. It would, however, be nice if you let Mark know you were coming ( in case you are a nut and he needs to know in advance) hee hee.

Anyway, I no longer dream that I'll SHOW up Undressed to work.I am still unprepared for things in my life, but evidently I don't care enough to make it manifest in to a DREAM!

Enjoy my drawing from Life Drawing Class , Honolulu Hawaii 2010!!

DROPPED BRA of course

HELLO there Bloggers,

I want to tell you about the

Contemporary Art Museum in Makiki Heights, Honolulu, Hawaii.

They have a lovely cafe with yummy sandwiches in a quiet setting (hard to find a quiet place to eat in Honolulu). You will love the sculpture with in your view while eating.

It is called "DROPPED BRA".

If I remember correctly it was produced in the 80's so it is not a NEW piece of art. I hate to tell you that I don't remember the ARTIST but I promise to find out.

When you get to Honolulu, please drive UP to Makiki, to the museum and have a latte and stare at this piece. It will not make you think, I promise (and I love love love not thinking). We should try doing it once a day for 15 minutes or so....even if you are not BLOND.

Again, THE DROPPED BRA, at the Contemporary Museum in Honolulu Hawaii

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my hands are full

MY HANDS ARE FULL

I love seeing the moms on the beach carry tons of beach stuff and still manage their children.

When I was first a mom I thought God had made a mistake when he decided on only two arms and hands for women. It seems that we needed 4 or 5 . I suppose that God knew what he was doing. I think that if we had 5 arms we could reign our children in .....maybe they are supposed to run away and exercise their independence. HMMMM

I hope you like the colors

Manoa Valley View from OLD Manoa Chinese Cemetery

Manoa Valley , home to the University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Beautiful view of Honolulu

at the right , on the property..

my friends Elko and his girl,

Charmane live with their son.

home sweet home-Manoa

Oh and by the way, Manoa has a Crepe Place that is to die for!!!

Call me and I'll take you there if you buy me a crepe! with Nutella please.

Charlie Chan was buried here, no joke, for real.

Kewalo Basin Honolulu Hawaii

Painted Plein Aire at Kewalo Basin Park, this is a haven for Surfers and body boarders.
The waves are JUST right , although the advanced surfers still need the North Shore.
I painted this small canvas on my magic French Easel (not always so magic).
What a great "FEEL GOOD" day. I think I heard the waves calling me in.

KULA KAI

The Kula Kai is an old fishing boat in the Hawaiian style, complete with round dark Hawaiian man mending nets. This boat sits proud and still this week at the Kewalo Basin park. I took a few

pictures hoping that I could paint this beautiful 80 ft "last of it's kind "wooden vessel.

Amazing how much damage I can do to a canvas when I don't put down a strong drawing FIRST. I should have taken more time to get the information down and perspective right. I made a lot of mistakes on the painting and now I have to fix all the problems.

I was so frustrated when I realized how "OFF" my basic drawing was. I managed to get some motivation from watching the man in the palm hat as he mended his nets. Those nets are the key to his livelihood. He HAS to fix them. NO FISH NO INCOME!!!

I know this painting CAN BE FIXED.

"Paint or don't eat" .. that quote has some motivational qualities to it.