Susan Stuart

Susan Stuart was born and raised in Gloucester, Massachusetts. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts, she continued her dance training in Boston. In 1978, Susan was accepted into the Asian Theatre and Dance Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She studied and performed Kabuki Theatre, classical Japanese dance, as well as other ethnic dance forms. Susan worked as a Montessori toddler teacher while raising her daughter. Inspired by the joy and freedom with which her young students engaged with the materials in the classroom, especially the art supplies, she fondly recalled her own art-making experiences.

In 2001, Susan enrolled in classes at the Honolulu Academy Art Center.

She has studied watercolor with Anthony Lee and printmaking and acrylics with George Woollard.

Susan’s work has been exhibited in a variety of juried shows including the Hawaii Watercolor Society, Honolulu Printmakers, Windward Artists’ Guild, the Association of Hawaii Artists and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. Through her work, she hopes to capture and express the excitement and freshness that the young child brings to the process of art-making.

Ruth Elayne Kongaika

Ruth Elayne Kongaika has been working as a graphic artist for several years. This has allowed her to use her artistic energy to market performances for musical and theatrical productions. At the same time she studied under internationally known artists, and has recently received her B.A. Degree in 2-D Art from Brigham Young University - Hawaii.

She resides on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii, and is inspired by the beauty that surrounds her – the people, the mountains, the ocean, and the rain forests.

She shared, “When I create - I feel energized, I lose all sense of time, and all my worries melt away.” Her wish is that her artwork will have the same affect on the observer.

The artist is prolific in her sketching, watercolors, oil paintings, and digital creations as well as photography. She enjoys mixing media and techniques to give unique expression to her images.

She was featured in an issue of graphic-design.com under “Designing Women”.

She is also a member of The Windward Artists Guild. More of her artwork can be viewed at http://elayne.imagekind.com

Francisco Clemente, Wood Artist

Francisco Clemente was born in Huelva, Spain in July 1945. His relationship with wood began at his godfather’s furniture shop which he would frequent regularly as a young man. Noticing Francisco’s interest, his godfather accepted him as an apprentice and taught him how to sharpen tools manually using the water stone, bend and shape wood for rocking chairs, and carve legs for tables and chairs, among other things.

Following his adventurous spirit after high school, Francisco left Spain and traveled around Europe. In 1974 he moved to the United States to work under Clyde Siggins, a reputable California custom homebuilder.

Francisco visited Hawaii in 1980 and found a home away from home. He continued making a living as a furniture maker and licensed remodeling contractor. A few years later in an attempt to create bedposts for a special handmade bed, he bought a wood turning lathe which opened new doors through which he could express himself and define his artistic vision. Francisco is now an accomplished wood turning artist who has won awards for his work in many local and national juried exhibitions.

Warren Stenberg

In 1992, kamaaina Warren Stenberg began a new fine-arts painting career following early retirement from years of graphic arts, printing and advertising work. He studied art at Honolulu Academy of Arts and University of Hawaii and with leading artists James Goodman, Howard Farrant, George Woollard, Harry Tsuchidana, Dodi Warren, Dennis Morton, Joseph Nordmann, T.M.Nicholas and Paul Levitt.

Today, Warren reflects on a rewarding and exciting decade-plus and celebrates by producing a wide range of landscapes, seascapes, still lifes and abstracts in oils, acrylics, gouache, watercolor, collage and mixed media.

Stenberg's work has been exhibited in numerous one-man and juried shows and has frequently received awards including the prestigious Grumbacher Gold Medallion and several recent Best of Show. He is an avid plein air (outdoors) painter.

Stenberg is a past president of the Windward Artists Guild and a member of AHA, Windward Arts Council, Hawaii Watercolor Society and Plein Air Painters of Hawaii.

He resides with his wife, Carolyn in Kailua (Oahu) and works in his studio there. Works are in private collections in Hawaii, No. America, Europe and in the permanent collections of Pacific Beach Hotel (HTH Corp) and St. Francis Medical Center, Honolulu.

"My emotional response to a subject is what I attempt to convey. For me, painting is a form of meditation."

Email Address: warsten.art@hawaiiantel.net

Virginia (Gigi) Carabelli

David Devenot

Banana Man Sherrie Harris

Day's End Marietta Nihei

Charlene Hughes

Charlene Hughes is a master fabric artist who has participated in many state, national and international juried shows. She has been featured in magazines, and has taught classes and chaired exhibits. Charlene is a member of several professional fiber art guilds and is the founder of the Maui Quilt Guild.

Susie Y. Anderson

Susie Y. Anderson is an award-winning artist continually inspired by the beauty and charm of island landscapes and seascapes, and is passionate about painting "en plein air". Her oil paintings can be found in many corporate and private collections throughout the United States and Canada, in addition to the permanent collections of the Hawai'i State Foundation and the City and County of Honolulu. American Savings Bank featured 14 of her paintings exclusively in its 2001 calendar and again in their 2005 retrospective edition. American Express Company showcased her work at the 2002 ASTA World Travel Congress in Honolulu, purchased 2,000 prints as gifts, and commissioned her to create a special painting for Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 astronaut and ASTA Keynote Speaker. Buzz's Steakhouse commissioned a painting for it's 40th anniversary 2003 lunar poster calendar.

Susie is currently represented by Nohea Gallery and Maui Hands and is a member of The Gallery at Ward Centre. Her reproductions and giclees can be seen in fine galleries statewide. She has lived in Hawaii since 1969, holding degrees in medical illustration and graphic design and is the owner of Visually Speaking Inc., a litigation graphics and fine art company.

Sung Mia Cha

Sungmia Cha was born in Seoul, South Korea. She received her education in the U.S. and her BFA in Hawaii. As a child, she enjoyed solitude, escaping to the imaginary world of her art, and gaining peace of mind and self-healing in the process. Painting is her addiction, and she finds the process therapeutic to the point where each piece may take a long time to complete.

Fong Ling

Spencer Chang

Jackie Watson

Marti Weise Rounds

Elisabeth Knoke

Kazuki Takizawa

Kazuki Takizawa

Ellen Chapman

Ellen Chapman

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