Hau’oli makahihiki hou, happy new year! After a year of watercolor portraits of Hawaiian goddesses I’ve decided to go back to my roots and offer you the good ol’ abstract backgrounds again this year. This will also be the perfect […]
This month’s wallpaper shows Lilinoe (“fine mist), the younger sister of snow goddess Poli’ahu. It is said that she combs out Poli’ahu’s long hair every day and floats around her head like a cloud. Lilinoe resides on Puʻu ʻUlaʻula, the […]
Waka is one of the lizard goddesses who was worshipped by female chiefs in Hawai’i (yes, there are others! All in all, there are supposedly as many as 4000 deities in Hawai’i). One of the mountains on the planet Venus […]
Your free wallpaper of October shows Lea, the goddess of canoe builders (yes, there’s such a thing hehe). I used all different kinds of handmade watercolors for this piece: Stakiwicolours, 31purplefish, Pink Chicken watercolors, Cloverset watercolors, Les couleurs des VF, […]
Your free wallpaper of September shows Nu’akea, Hawaiian goddess of milk and lactation. I used my brandnew alohawatercolors Vanilla moon set (Vanilla, King Protea, Kaona, Moonbeam) for this portrait. The lettering was done in Procreate. This wallpaper is available in […]
Your free wallpaper of August shows Hi’iaka, the goddess of hula dancers, chant, sorcery and medicine. Her sister Pele (the goddess of volcanoes) brought her to Hawaii in the form of an egg. Pele kept the egg with her at […]
Your free wallpaper of July shows Laka, the goddess of wild forests and of the Hula dance.
Your free wallpaper of June shows Haumea, sometimes also referred to as Papa. She’s the creator of the Hawaiian islands and goddess of fertility and childbirth. You can see the shapes of all 8 Hawaiian islands tattoed onto Haumea’s face […]
Your free wallpaper of May shows the famous Pele (short for Pelehonuamea, which means “she who shapes the sacred land”). Pele is the powerful goddess of volcanoes and fires and resides in Kilauea, one of the volcanoes here on […]
Your free wallpaper of April shows Namaka, goddess of the sea. She’s the sister of powerful volcano goddess Pele. They don’t get along that well, though. Pele snatches Namaka’s lover away … naaah … no go! – that’s why Namaka […]