Flora & Fauna

Oil on canvas in white frame
24" h x 36" w

There are perhaps as many as 300 species worldwide in the genus Hibiscus. However, ma`o hau hele (Hibiscus brackenridgei) is found only in Hawai`i and federally listed as an endangered species. According to botanist David Lorence, “Hibsicus brackenridgei has been adopted as the official state flower of Hawai`i.  Showy blooms of brilliant chrome yellow first catch the eye. [The species has] five delicately creped petals and a column of stamens tipped by five stigmas."  The plant was once found on all the main islands except Ni`ihau and Kaho`olawe, but is threatened by alien animals, fire and weeds. - Melissa Chimera

Oil on canvas in white frame
36" h x 48" w

"The Hawaiian poppy called pua kala (thorny flower) has sharp spines at the tips of the leaves.  It thrives in some of the most dry and desolate areas near sea level. Archibald Menzies, a visiting botanist in the 1800s, found a Hawaiian woman manipulating the flowers of this native poppy. And when he asked what she was doing, she informed him that by taking the `ehu, that is the dust, the pollen from one flower to another would increase the number of edible seeds.  This is a glimpse of the intimacy of the empirical science of the Hawaiians and their living landscape.” -- Dr. Sam Gon

Provided by Melissa Chimera

Oil on canvas in white frame
30" h x 48" w

Cyanea macrostegia is known formerly from Lāna`i but now found only on Maui.   Dark velvet purple-black curved flowers emerge from this rain forest tree.  The nectar of these unusual flowers and the orange berries are food for Hawaiian forest birds.  These palm-like trees with paddle-shaped leaves are evocative of a pre-historic jungle.  The species is now only found in a healthy and diverse rain-forest. Lobelioids are one of the most spectacular examples of island evolution in flowering plants with curved flowers matching the bill of their bird pollinators.  - Melissa Chimera

Oil, silk and canvas on kozo (Japanese mulberry paper) on linen with white frame

61.5" h x 22" w

 

Oil on canvas - framed
24” h x 48” w

Oil on canvas - framed
24” h x 48” w

Oil on canvas - unframed
30" h x 48" w

Oil on canvas - unframed
32" h x 48" w

Oil on canvas - unframed
32" h x 68" w

Oil on canvas - unframed
40" h x 66" w

Oil on canvas - unframed
40" h x 60" w

Oil on canvas - unframed
60" h x 40" w

Oil, kozo paper and stitched photo transfer silk on linen

17" h x 17" w

 

Oil, kozo paper and stitched photo transfer silk on linen

17" h x 17" w

 

Original oil on linen - unframed

48" h x 48" w

Sun-drenched leaves and gentle rain make for balmy weather

A misty veil illuminates the blooms and wild flowers.

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Oil on canvas

58" h x 26" w

 

Oil on canvas - unframed
28" h x 60" w

Oil on canvas - unframed
36" h x 60" w

Oil on canvas - unframed
36" h x 60" w

 Oil on linen - unframed

Original oil on linen - unframed

60" h x 84" w

"The kind of love that shapes your being in every single way, the kind of love that soothes your heart each and every day. Thank you for your beautiful love that forever keeps blooming. I exist because of you." - Kristie Fujiyama Kosmides

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Oil on canvas - unframed
40" h x 60" w

Oil and gold leaf on canvas - unframed
60" h x 40" w

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Original oil on linen - unframed

36" h x 78" w

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Original oil on linen - unframed

30" h x 72" w

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Oil on canvas - unframed
30" h x 40" w

Oil on linen
36” h x 48” w

Oil on linen 
36” h x 72” w

Oil on canvas
48” h x 66” w

Oil on canvas
24” h x 24” w

Oil on canvas
60” h x 60” w

Original oil and acrylic on linen - unframed

48" h x 96" w 

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