Agents of Change – Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Maui, HI

Untitled installation (center) and Miconia & Deer (right)

Untitled installation (center) and Miconia & Deer (right)

"Untitled" (installation)

"Untitled" (installation)

(clockwise) "Iliahi & Bonamia," "Puakala," "Lobelia Gloriamontis," and "Pulelehua" oil on linen, 2016

(clockwise) "Iliahi & Bonamia," "Puakala," "Lobelia Gloriamontis," and "Pulelehua" oil on linen, 2016

The work references Hawaii’s last operating sugar mill on
the island of Maui which closed in 2016, ending more than one hundred years of sugar cultivation on the island. The work explores the living and non-living catalysts of change in the Hawaiian Islands--in this case, the sugar
industry. The network of sugar mills across Maui transformed tens of thousands of acres thereby replacing native ecosystems and the resident
endemic plants and animals dependent upon these natural areas.

Cash Crop, Pu`unene Nene Oil on Linen, 2016

The mechanics of globalization--the earthmovers, ships, haulers, roadways--are tremendous forces reaching remote places. The agents of change featured in these panels bring about irreversable changes not only to the most isolated archipelago in the world--the Hawaiian Islands--but also to our cities, farms and rural places alike.

Not Enough Heaven & Earth mixed media on linen, 2016