WOW -- Just Look at Phil's Beautiful Wall

 We are so pleased with the lovely new arrangement of Phil's art at Michael Jayme Gallery, Honaka'a!

Hawaii Artists

Native birds we see in the forest:  I'Iwi  ( E - E VE)

One of the many delights about our relocation to the small town of Volcano is that the community is rich with artists of all kinds -- glass, wood, painting, sculpture, writers, performers and numerous native Hawaiian practitioners of botany, art and hula.

Commission piece for a friend

With the construction of our new art studio last year, Phil has continued his exploration of wood art carving and painting and has pieces at Michael Jayme gallery in the charming village to the north, Honaka'a (520-270-7462)

With friends helping with the gardens and housework during Lunel's knee surgery recovery, Phil's happy to be back in the studio. As soon as Lunel can better negotiate two sets of stairs, she's looking forward to being in the studio with Phil.

Here are a few of his newest pieces.

Whether the Weather

Phil built a lovely bookcase for the lanai

Whether the weather is sunny or rainy, we are enjoying our new locale in Volcano on the Big Island. When there is a break in the weather, we can be outside continuing our terraforming landscape projects and when it's raining we can be in our lovely art studio being creative.

Speaking of rain, so far January seems to have broken records -- over 30 inches in 15 days, but of course the forest loves it as do some of the things we planted a few months ago.

Here's a few of our respective projects.

Phil has a new gallery up the coast in Honaka'a, a charming little village that has the look and feel of a few decades ago, nice boutiques, good restaurants, theatre, museums and historic sites.


Here's some of Phil's new pieces. He's thrilled to have found a new source for his wood -- right here in Volcano.

Lunel has finished her fourth personal journal which has been one the her main ways of dealing with PTSD, the medications she needs to take and how these impact her physically and emotionally.

However she's also moving out of the smaller, more personal journals to explore different styles of collage, but always falling back on her own artistic sensitivities. So, some are quirky, some more serious, and others simply pieces of experimentation.

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"Houston, We're Breaking Up"

"Tiny Dancer"