Kahala Beach Island

Acrylic on wood 18x24" with wood floating frame. 

This print is of Kahala Beach island in Teal monochrome and golden hues. 

The Oahu Evolution Series explores how place and self transform together across time. Each work began as a raw, minimalist painting from 2022, rendered in cool pastel teal and silver highlights. In their current form, those waters have deepened into richer teal, warmed by soft golden clouds and light catching the surface.

This evolution mirrors the way we carry our history forward: our past shapes who we are, but never defines where we might still grow. Teal itself holds this arc - tranquility, communication, emotional balance, and the quiet courage of spiritual growth. Diamond Head Outriggers, Kahala Beach Island, and Na Mokulua Islands are not three separate paintings. They are three chapters of a shared transformation - the artist and the art, grown together on the shores that shaped them both.