Wallpaper November – loose Hawaiian kapa pattern
A loose interpretation of a Hawaiian kapa pattern, with a quote by Wassily Kandinsky. Aloha watercolors Cocoa (burnt umber) and Aubergine. Download here from my dropbox.
Abstract Art
Golden autumn wallpaper October 2023
Look at what you can create with just 3 primary colors! Okay well, I threw in some metallic gold as well 🙂 One of the things I love most about autumn is the light. In the evening, when the light hits the lanai and turns everything into gold. You may think that here in Hawaii …
Art is magic – Wallpaper June 2023
“Art is magic which makes the hours melt away and even days dissolve into seconds.” Leonora Harrington This month’s wallpaper is inspired by the #Aloha23June color palette. Look up this hashtag over on Instagram to see what this art challenge is all about 🙂 As always, you can download your wallpapers here via my dropbox.
Play around the edges – Wallpaper April 2023
Hiroki Morinoue is a local Big island artist who specializes in printing and woodblock carving. I participated in a class of his last month, where we experimented with monoprints. This has probably my favorite art class so far! Full of surprises, play, lots of ink and some really neat and unexpected results. During class he …
Wallpaper March with Joan Miro quote
“I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.” Joan Miró. What a wonderful way to describe the painting process, don’t you think? Barcelona artist Joan Miró came up with a good one here 🙂 There’s a reason I chose a quote that combines art and poetry and music. …
Aloha23 February wallpaper – wild and free
This month’s #Aloha23Palette was chosen by Jenni @secondjenletters, and contains a few of the brandnew colors from the Aomoe set (Vivianite, Kahakai and Pacific) as well as some “old” ones such as Flame tree, Avocado and Koa. Join Jenni and me over at Instagram for the limited color palette challenge. This month’s theme is wild …
Aloha23 wallpaper January
Happy new year! The first wallpaper of the year matches the colors and theme of our current #Aloha23Palette challenge on Instagram: Touch the sky, in opera pink, pale blue, dark teal, Naples yellow and dusky purple. As always you can download the wallpaper here from my dropbox. There are different sizes available.
Wallpaper December 2022
“Art is magic which makes the hours melt away and even days dissolve into seconds.” Leonora Harrington As always, you can download your free wallpaper from my dropbox. Its available in 2 sizes and there are 2 versions for your phone, too.
Abstract botanical wallpaper November 2022
“Sometimes the painting takes over and goes where it pleases.” Elizabeth Cummings Well at least for me, that’s what happens all the time:  I start a painting and a few strokes in it has its own personality and starts talking back to me 😉 Sometimes we have a good conversation and sometimes I have to …
Drawing is like dancing. October wallpaper
Shantell Martin was a new name for me, until I listened to a Podcast episode of Creative Peptalk (my current obsession, I’m trying to listen to all 3 Million episodes). Shantell Martin is a choreographer but also a visual artist. She creates huge line drawings, often in front of a live audience. And in the …