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Pele Came In The Night

2023, Watercolor and Gouache — from an ongoing series of paintings inspired by the eruption of Mauna Loa

Mauna Loa, 2022 — Pele’s Gift

For me it was The Gift Of Inspiration — so many new ideas for painting!

What did Pele give to you?

Scroll for more work inspired by the eruption…

The First Morning - 2023 - Watercolor and gouache on Arches 300lb hot press paper, 7x17"
Infinite, intimate. Pele's island in the sky - 2023 - Watercolor and gouache on Arches 300lb hot press paper, 7x17"
Pele Came In The Night - 2023 - Watercolor and gouache on Arches 300lb hot press paper, 7x17"
Dec 1 - The Grand Spectacle
The Inexorable Flow- 2023 - Private Collection, Pastel on Uart premium sanded panel, 8x23"
Dec 1 - Lava flows and traffic flows
Eruption Construction - 2023 - Watercolor and gouache on Arches 300lb hot press paper, 10x7"
Nov 30 - The view from the studio, Waimea
Nov 30 - The view from the studio, Waimea
Advancing Flow - 2023 - Watercolor and gouache on Arches 300lb hot press paper, 7x11"
Dec 1 - The dance of light
The Leading Edge - 2023 - Watercolor and gouache on Arches 300lb hot press paper, 7x11"
Dec 1 - The big picture
Dec 3, 6am - eruption plume with aircraft lights - The view from the studio, Waimea
The Next Ridge - 2023 - Watercolor and gouache on Arches 300lb hot press paper, 7x11"

In My Dreams I Am On A Mountain, And The Mountain Is Me. It Is My Whole Life, It Is My Whole World.

Journal entry, 1988

 

Na‘au

Every touch of the brush

Every spot of color

Is just “Yes or No”

Yes or No

Always

Like a fork in the road

Follow the road

Follow your heart

And the painting paints itself

Journal entry, 2000