Karuna Santoro
Karuna’s love for kiln-formed glass reflects her fascination with the different properties of the medium: fragility and strength, vibrant color and translucency, along with its unforgiving, somewhat unpredictable nature. In addition, she studied color interaction with Dick Nelson which led her to say: “Once I took a class with Dick, I never looked at colors […]
Pratima
Christina Seefeldt and Thomas Fistler are the two artists and jewelry designers behind the name Pratima Design: the name means beautiful image, and that is certainly reflected in their designs. With a love for simplicity and a reverence for detail, their jewelry is not an overloaded accumulation of precious metals and gemstones, but rather a carefully handcrafted, […]
Pam Peterson
Pam is a mixed-media fiber artist and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Design at the University in Hawai’i. Born and raised in Hawai’i, Pam is part Hawaiian. Her deep love of Hawai’i is at the root of her artistic creations – the love of the island heritage – the people, the ethnic diversity, the […]
Suzy Papanikolas
Suzy was born in Memphis and moved to California when she was two. She was steeped in the art world early – growing up with an artist mother who was accomplished in watercolor and sculpture. Her father founded the Laguna Beach School of Art and Design in Southern California. She began her studies at a young age, […]
Wayne Omura
Born and raised on Maui, Wayne is a self-taught artist who began bowl turning in the early 1980’s. He uses Maui island woods, such as Norfolk Island or Cook Pine, Koa, Milo and Kamani. His work is in private national and international collections, and has been juried into prestigious exhibitions, such as Art Maui and Hawai’i Craftsman […]
Dick Nelson
Hawaii has inspired the ideas while his professional training on the mainland has given him the tools, techniques and aesthetic options to create his works. Certainly one of the most influential years in his career was spent studying at Yale with Josef Albers, the famous Bauhaus artist and colorist. While there he began to recognize […]
Mydock
Art is part of Mydock’s earliest memories. He watched, and was greatly influenced by his godfather – a woodworker and boat-builder. In the 1960’s Mydock studied art in Miami with master sculptor Duane Hanson. Forty years painting custom motorcycles and antique cars have had a direct influence on his current artworks. With highly developed skills in airbrush, […]
Daniel Moe
Daniel Moe was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1967. He received his Fine Arts degree in Hot Glass from The University of Wisconsin in 1991, where he continued to study and teach glass until 1999. He was then invited to work at Pilchuck Glass School by Ed and Elena Schmid and Karen Willenbrink. There […]
Casey McLain
As a self-taught artist, Casey aims to capture everyday moments on his island home of Maui. He works in a loose impressionistic style in oil on canvas and panel. Casey’s extraordinary skill with nuanced value and color was hard won through serious practice with color charts and rigorous study of mixing color. He is fascinated with how […]
Terry Lopez
Terry’s unique use of optical color mixing, action lines, and decisive paint strokes are influences of importance that California artists introduced to her while earning an MFA at University of California Fullerton. Terry’s work is a distinct visual language addressing environmental and social concerns of local culture and the environment of her Maui home. Terry’s current body […]
