recognition

http://starbulletin.com/2007/06/10/features/story01.html

http://www.honoluluacademy.org/cmshaa/academy/index.aspx

so no images today, but i have a bunch to put up, but silly in the hole me didnt realize i had made it into the local paper for the artists of hawaii show at the honolulu academy of arts. the first link is for the review, the second is the academy website. i wasnt going to write about going to the opening since i mostly had a dismal time. my wife couldn't be there with me, and alone i was a nervous wreck. the little old lady who presented the award to me was all of two feet high and she shouted up at me "YOU LOOK LIKE YOU PAINTED THAT THING!". funny, not too many people approached me with questions, and one of the women who did looked at me like i was crazy when i tried to explain to her what i had in mind with the work. met a great guy, hal lum, really liked his work, he got one of the bigger awards. it was ok, lots of wealthy folks running around gobbling up the free grub and doing the art shuffle that folks do when they are excited about buying a piece of work. they act like theyve won the lottery when they find a work they want to buy, and seem like they would be very happy announcing to everyone their "discovery". after wandering around i spent most of my time in the collections looking at the medieval and early renaissance paintings, there were also two really large masami taraoka paintings that i hadnt seen before that i spent some time with, and a really stunning collection of german expressionist graphic work in the same gallery. there was this etching by otto dix of a dominatrix which blew me away, pig lady with a whip and pistol in fishnet stockings....she could teach me a thing or two....anyway, enjoy the links