Melissa McFerrin-Warrack, the assistant real estate manager at The Shops at Kukuiula, said used copies of Scott Hanft’s book, “Kauai Edge: A Photographic Portfolio,” has fetched prices as high as $200. The book features prints from the days of film
Melissa McFerrin-Warrack, the assistant real estate manager at The Shops at Kukuiula, said used copies of Scott Hanft’s book, “Kauai Edge: A Photographic Portfolio,” has fetched prices as high as $200.
The book features prints from the days of film and captures moments on Kauai over a period of more than 24 years.
Hanft will be just one of the features Saturday when The Shops at Kukuiula feature its free Art Walk at Kukuiula.
“I draw, paint and work with clay by hand and on the potter’s wheel,” said Roberta Griffith of the shop the Sandbox. “In addition, I create art using printmaking, and working with hot glass. I combine materials into mixed-media installations to tell stories.”
The installation 2013, “Stuck in the Sand,” by Griffith is one of the pieces at galerie 103, which will feature an artists’ reception for its new exhibit titled, “PRINT, Paper + Sandbox.”
The sandbox, coming from an exhibit in the Honolulu Museum of Art in Artists of Hawaii, is a play on words of the children’s game, “Stuck in the Mud.”
The work includes a wooden sandbox filled with sand with tromp l’oiel ceramic objects representing debris and remnants from natural disasters such as tsunami, tornado, hurricanes, or man-made ones resulting from abortion, war, or other human shortcomings, states a description from galerie 103.
“I make art and installations as vehicles for exploring deeper levels of meaning that the viewer may approach from his or her perspective and level of understanding,” Griffith said. “Many images, objects, and installations I create relate to play via toys, doll body parts, dolls and baseballs which encompass various layers of meaning for different people.”
Griffith also joins other artists including H.C. Westermann, Jean Cocteau, William T. Wiley, Ivan Lackovic, Tom Lieber, Kathleen Afair Brown, Sally French, Wayne Zebzda, and galerie 103’s own Bruna Stude at the exhibit which challenges conventional limits and technique.
Adding to the excitement of the walk, plain air artist Jim Ingham will be doing live painting at the Red Koi, where his works are being shown.
Jenifer Prince, an award-winning plein air artist, will be doing a live painting at Halelea, all punctuated with the outdoor jazz by Hank Curtis and Steve Dubey, and Latin rhythms by Manuel Mendes and Cary Valentine.
McFerrin-Warrack said March’s theme of “Focus on Kauai” is further carried by the waves, whales, sun, and surf month at Palms Gallery, where its Paradise Collection by more than 20 artists is dedicated to “remember beautiful Kauai.”
Art Walk at The Shops at Kukuiula runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
