Merry Christmas 2023

23 12 2023

Merry Christmas, everyone, to you and yours from all of us at the studio. Be kind to one another, keep the faith, and stay cozy for the new year. Here are some images that might keep in the mood this  season.

Snowman

Ti leaf wreath

Rudolph

Our Christmas tree is an artificial one that unfolds to a height of six feet every year. It’s on a pie crust table, from Pennsylvania, that gives it more height.

Our granddaughters trimming a small tree with wooden ornaments hand made by their great grandfather.

The small tree and Snoopy

Stars are pickled carambola fruit

Potted poinsettia

As we say in Hawaiʻi, “Mele Kalikimaka me ka Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou!”

Be well.

~ Rebekah


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Art & music for December 2023

15 11 2023

Greetings, studio fans ~

A couple of community offerings where my “work” is represented are on the calendar for next month on Oʻahu:

One is an art show at ARTS at Marks Garage, corner of Nuuanu avenue and Pauahi street, for most of December. I can meet you at the First Friday evening reception there, too.

The other is the Windward Choral Society’s “Home for the Holidays” winter concert at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Kailua, 148 Makawao St., Kailua. I’m singing! More details in the accompanying images:


Holiday blessings, and be well!

~Rebekah


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Palehua

5 11 2023



In choir, the Windward Choral Society, we are rehearsing “Palehua,” a mele (song) composed by Amy Hanaialiʻi Gilliom and Willie Kahaialiʻi. Yesterday we took a field trip to that place high above Makakilo on Oʻahu. It was an example of the lengths (and heights!) our director Susan McCreary Duprey will go to have the choristers absorb the music.

For most of us who live on the Windward side of the island, Palehua is a long car ride away, and because parking is tight at the cabin site, we carpooled in three shifts. In the afternoon we had perfect weather—not too hot or too cold and no rain. What a great view of the Waianaʻe Coast including Pokaʻi Bay and northward to Mount Kaʻala, too.

Many thanks to choir president Pat for driving and to ridemates Katie and Gail for keeping it lively. And, oh yes, we did sing some numbers!

 

 Keep on singing, and be well!

~Rebekah


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Autumn signs

22 10 2023

Although there are only two seasons in Hawaiʻi, wet and dry, we still observe Autumn with, say, Halloween. Signs in the neighborhood point to that.






According to Wikipedia, “Halloween or Hallowe’en is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Saints’ Day. It begins the observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints, martyrs, and all the faithful departed.”

Be well, and go easy on the the tricks and treats!

~ Rebekah


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Support for the Windward Artists Guild

29 09 2023


My fine-art colleagues and I are pleased to invite you to Windward Artists Guild’s October exhibit at the Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden in Kāneʻohe. The entrance to the park is at the end of Luluku Road between Pali Highway and Likelike Highway. All the information is on the flyer above. If you would like to visit me in person and learn how I make my hand-dyed tissue-paper collages, I will be at the gallery on the mornings of October 11, 12, and 27.  Better yet, come to our reception from 12:30 to 3:30 pm on Sunday, October 8, where you can meet many more artists!

Be well. Art is healing.

~ Rebekah


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Passion patterns

2 09 2023

Some silliness today, studio fans! At a time when there was a garden crop of lilikoʻi passion fruit, I made an image of the cut halves, the seeds, the color—what a pretty pattern. I began noticing other order of things in my day-to-day. “Passion” meant “habitual.” It’s an interesting way to think about one’s life. What are your passions?

Be well ~

Rebekah


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Prayers and aid for Maui

11 08 2023

Dear Studio Fans,

Wildfires this past Tuesday have destroyed most of Lahaina on the Island of Maui. I am writing this brief message to let you know that we at the studio, here on the different island of Oʻahu, are safe and saddened.

How can we help if we are not physically there? Our family chose to donate to favorite charities such as the World Central Kitchen and the American Red Cross. We filled a sturdy bag with usable supplies, and DH dropped it off this morning at the Hawaii Capitol in Honolulu from where it will be sent to Maui.

In emergencies like this, look for the helpers, and pray for the helpers. So much has been lost.

Be well,

Rebekah

 


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