Linda Whittemore
Linda began a lifelong relationship with watercolor painting at the age of eight. Her late mother was Margaret Bedell, a well-known painter on Maui. Linda Whittemore grew up in Laguna Beach, California where she extensively pursued art studies until she moved to Hawai’i and earned a BA in Liberal Arts at University of Hawai’i. Linda has worked in […]
Tony Walholm
Living as a child in Honolulu, Tony suffered from a faulty immune system.At age nine Tony was lying in an oxygen tent when he had a life altering vision. “I realized I had the power to ask for healing”. Being impaired physically and often out of school, he was lucky that his mother, Honolulu sculptor […]
Christy Vail
Christy’s family moved to Hawai’i before it became a state. “Hualani was the name of our street and no one in our neighborhood could tell us what the word hualani meant. There was no one who could speak or understand Hawaiian… Hawai’i is a place of great physical beauty, but what Hawai’i really means to me is […]
Ron Tosh
By the age of 16, Ron Tosh was building furniture with his own design. While living in California, he studied and worked as a graphic artist and designer. In 1979, he moved to Hawai’i with his wife, both working in the world of graphics. Retiring from the trade, he took a wood-turning class and immediately bought his own […]
Kathy Tosh
Kathy achieved a Bachelor of Fine Arts with the Highest Honors at University of Hawai’i at Manoa in 1989. Since then she has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Hawai’i Handweaver’s Hui Award, Hawai’i Craftsmen 50th Anniversary Exhibition 2017, the Award of Excellence, Hawai’i Craftsmen in 2009 & 2005 and the Holly Award (Best in […]
Christina Skaggs
Christina grew up in New York with a deep appreciation for her alternate universes, the borough of Queens and the rural tip of Long Island. In the early 70’s, she worked with several TV networks, becoming one of the first ever female network TV camera operators, and winning an Emmy nomination for her work. Despite her Hollywood successes, […]
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, […]
