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Jeanette Cole-Polynesian Dress. This island-style grass dress is
a result of over 22 years of design research. After studying the styles of dresses and skirts worn throughout the Pacific
Island region, Jeanette developed this modern, dynamic representational attire that is not only appealing as true professional
dance apparel, but also as wall art. Jeanette's designs have been acquired by many different individuals and groups.
Countless tykes between 3-7, those adorable pre-teen girls with the "wow" fashion sense, employees of cruise ships
and hotels, halaus and cheerleading groups, yoga instructors and women and men just wanting to spend their time occasionally
in nothing but a grass skirt. Everyone should wear a grass skirt just once in their life: whether dancers or the
less-than-graceful, children and the child-like, couples in love et al. The owners of this villa found this fabulous
dress and had it mounted and framed in a shadow box to preserve it for viewing and permanence.
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Suzy Papanikolas-Hula Wahine and various other pieces. The owners
of this villa have featured Suzy's work extensively in this villa because she so effectively captures the faces of the various
ethnic groups which have settled on the Big Island. Suzy's luscious portraits of Hula and the people of Hawaii is a
feast for the eyes. The work gives an intimate look into the world of hula and competition. One can feel the quiet
concentration and meditation as the dancers prepare. you can almost smell or at least imagine the fragrance that the
beautiful Hawaiian flowers release during the performance. During her fine art career, Suzy has been a musician/songwriter,
carpenter, framer, physical therapist, decorative painter and muralist. She has lived in Europe, Mexico and traveled
widely in the South Pacific before settling on the Hawaiian Islands. Suzy received many honors including best of show-East
Bay watercolor society and the Great Makawao paint out. She has had numerous solo exhibitions and has been part of many
prestigious juried shows. She spends much of her time at gatherings like the Merry Monarch Festival recording the great
renaissance of the Hawaiian culture she honors and admires and feels very lucky to be part of it.
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Ester Szegedy-I'iwi. Ester discovered drawing at the age of seven.
At eighteen she entered York University in Toronto, majoring in art and opened the first of three stores, where she worked
as a graphic artist and designer for the next thirteen years. Her last two stores, "Last Mango in Paris",
and "Dervish", carried her line of hand painted clothing. Later in life, Szegedy moved to Hawaii where she
continues working as a children's book illustrator, working mostly for publishers in New York and Boston. Szegedy has
three books here in the islands: Sumorella, The Prince and the Li Hing Mui and Isabel and the Hungry Coyote. Esther
favors the spontaneous mediums of watercolor pencils on Arches paper and of water based pastel crayons on velvet textured
Sennelier pastel paper or sandpaper-textured American made Wallis paper. She also uses soft pastels, oil pastels and oil sticks.
The focus of her art is on color, composition, character, and movement. (Even the 'still-life' isn't really still.)
The goal of the art is twofold: to make people laugh or smile, and to let the images tell a story.
Mary Spears-Mahaiula. The plants, places and people of the islands
inspire Mary's work. Spear's style is both bold and aggressive. Dramatic light and unexpected landscape can be found
in much more of her work. The vivid colors, the wet greens and the unusual shapes of Hawaiian foliage inspire her.
Spears enjoys capturing the special feeling off a palm grove at sunset, waves breaking on the beach, or water careening off
the cliffs of Waipio Valley. Spears works primarily in oil, watercolor and various printmaking techniques. Spears has
participated in many solo and invitational shows in Hawaii. Her work is included in private collections in the US and
Japan along with the Santa Barbara County Permanent Collection. Her paintings have been featured in Santa Fe's THE magazine,
Artists & Illustrators Magazine, along with local publications such as Ke Kukui and the Waimea Gazette. She lives
on the Big Island in North Kohala.
Denise Rani Ulrich-Black Crowned Night Heron and Checking out the Bananas.
Startling, colorful, larger-than-life images of lizards, fish, crustaceans, insects and other small creatures characterize
the oil paintings of Denise Rani Ulrich. Since her move from Wisconsin to Hawaii she has expanded her subject matter to reflect
her interest in outrigger canoe paddling and to take advantage of the ease of painting "plein air" in Hawaii.
While Denise has a degree in theatre arts from Cornell University, she spent most of her professional life in the world of
data processing and computer programming. After spending 22 years "making the blue box in the glass house run",
Denise returned to her interest in art and attended the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. There she studied oil painting
with Ron Bitticks and Waldek Dynerman and watercolor and egg tempera with Anne Miotke. After her senior thesis show in 2001,
she moved to the Big Island of Hawaii.
Delivery of the Special Volcano Mural-December 2007.
This special Volcano Mural was commissioned especially for the villa by
Rosemary Miller. The one of a kind piece is framed in koa wood. It took the artist six months to complete the artwork
and three hours for a construction specialist to hang it.
Rosemary Miller-Volcano Triptyc. Rosemary lives on the Big Island of Hawaii.
She enjoys the sea, flowers and the Hawaiian people. Her paintings are vibrant and expressive of beautiful Hawaii.
Rosemary says of her work, "I consider my work to be somewhate impressionistic yet realistic. At the same time,
I want to show my emotions toward the wonderful world we live in. I am passionate about the ocean, flowers and the gorgeous
Hawaiian foliage we have here. The shapes and colors excited me. Rosemary is an international artist. Her works
have found homes throughout the world including Germany, India, Italy and South America. In Hawaii her works are in
private homes including Hualalai Four Seasons Resort and Holualoa Estates. Corporately her works are in the collection
and exhibited in three hotels, two of which are Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Villas and the Orchid Fairmont Hotel.
This wooden lei was purchased from a lei-maker on Oahu. It was framed in
a shadow box and is on display in the Master Bedroom of our villa.
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