Water

Shellac, india ink, & acrylic on wood panel

36" h x 60" w 

Carol Bennett’s ethereal and light “women in water” are reflections of her own passion for the ocean and her daily practice of spending time in it. They’ve inspired her to explore fishing nets and knots, abstract fish patterns, surfers and stand up paddlers. Her background working in Hollywood as a journeyman scenic artist, painting billboards and backdrops for theater, motion picture and TV has led her to create grand-scale public works in glass that can be found in Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii Convention Center, Beverly Hills Hotel, Harrah’s Casino, and many more. She’s had numerous museum shows and continues to create her wide variety of work from her home and studio on Kauai. 

Acrylic and oil on wood panel

35.5" h x 35.5" w 

Shellac, india ink, acrylic, & oil on Dacron sail

48" h x 50" w 

Shellac, india ink, & oil on wood panel

60" h x 36" w 

Carol Bennett’s ethereal and light “women in water” are reflections of her own passion for the ocean and her daily practice of spending time in it. They’ve inspired her to explore fishing nets and knots, abstract fish patterns, surfers and stand up paddlers. Her background working in Hollywood as a journeyman scenic artist, painting billboards and backdrops for theater, motion picture and TV has led her to create grand-scale public works in glass that can be found in Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii Convention Center, Beverly Hills Hotel, Harrah’s Casino, and many more. She’s had numerous museum shows and continues to create her wide variety of work from her home and studio on Kauai. 

Acrylic on canvas in walnut float frame

73.25" h  x 73.25" w

Iridescent pigments in the paint colors cause this piece to shimmer and sparkle in the light (and make it very hard to photograph). You can feel the energetic gestures of the artist as he created this grand statement piece. The copper background flashes in the light as the ocean waves crest. 

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Acrylic on canvas - unframed

72" h  x 72" w

Iridescent pigments in the paint colors cause this piece to shimmer and sparkle in the light (and make it very hard to photograph). You can feel the energetic gestures of the artist as he created this grand statement piece. The silver background flashes in the light as the ocean waves crest. 

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Shellac, india ink, acrylic & oil on wood panel

30" h x 40" w 

 

Acrylic, oil & varnish on wood panel

32" h x 60" w 

Carol Bennett’s ethereal and light “women in water” are reflections of her own passion for the ocean and her daily practice of spending time in it. They’ve inspired her to explore fishing nets and knots, abstract fish patterns, surfers and stand up paddlers. Her background working in Hollywood as a journeyman scenic artist, painting billboards and backdrops for theater, motion picture and TV has led her to create grand-scale public works in glass that can be found in Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii Convention Center, Beverly Hills Hotel, Harrah’s Casino, and many more. She’s had numerous museum shows and continues to create her wide variety of work from her home and studio on Kauai. 

Acrylic and oil on wood panel

35.5" h x 35.5" w 

Shellac, India ink, acrylic, and block printing ink on paper - unframed

42" h x 42" w 

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Original oil on canvas

84" h x 40" w

Follow your heart...right back to Hawaii, through this grand original painting by Kristie Fujiyama Kosmides. Enjoy the energy of the ocean in your home everyday.

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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 on canvas - unframed
40" h x 60" w

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

Oil on canvas - unframed
44" h x 44" w

Original oil on linen - unframed

60" h x 84" w

It’s wild and familiar when you venture into a rainforest. The towering trees and plants surround you in a womb of nature’s bliss.

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Charcoal & oil on wood panel

48" h x 78" w 

Carol Bennett’s ethereal and light “women in water” are reflections of her own passion for the ocean and her daily practice of spending time in it. They’ve inspired her to explore fishing nets and knots, abstract fish patterns, surfers and stand up paddlers. Her background working in Hollywood as a journeyman scenic artist, painting billboards and backdrops for theater, motion picture and TV has led her to create grand-scale public works in glass that can be found in Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii Convention Center, Beverly Hills Hotel, Harrah’s Casino, and many more. She’s had numerous museum shows and continues to create her wide variety of work from her home and studio on Kauai. 

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

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

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

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

Oil on canvas - unframed
36" h x 54" w

Oil on canvas - unframed
36" h x 54" w

Oil on linen 
54” h x 72” w

Oil on linen 
48” h x 72” w

Oil on linen 
28” h x 72” w

Shellac, India ink, acrylic & oil on wood panel

64" h x 44" w 

Carol Bennett’s ethereal and light “women in water” are reflections of her own passion for the ocean and her daily practice of spending time in it. They’ve inspired her to explore fishing nets and knots, abstract fish patterns, surfers and stand up paddlers. Her background working in Hollywood as a journeyman scenic artist, painting billboards and backdrops for theater, motion picture and TV has led her to create grand-scale public works in glass that can be found in Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii Convention Center, Beverly Hills Hotel, Harrah’s Casino, and many more. She’s had numerous museum shows and continues to create her wide variety of work from her home and studio on Kauai. 

Shellac, India ink, acrylic, oil base relief printing in on wood with inset frame

96" h x 48" w 

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Acrylic, oil & varnish on wood panel

48" h x 48" w 

Carol Bennett’s ethereal and light “women in water” are reflections of her own passion for the ocean and her daily practice of spending time in it. They’ve inspired her to explore fishing nets and knots, abstract fish patterns, surfers and stand up paddlers. Her background working in Hollywood as a journeyman scenic artist, painting billboards and backdrops for theater, motion picture and TV has led her to create grand-scale public works in glass that can be found in Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii Convention Center, Beverly Hills Hotel, Harrah’s Casino, and many more. She’s had numerous museum shows and continues to create her wide variety of work from her home and studio on Kauai. 

Acrylic on canvas - unframed
39" h x 91" w

My five-year old, Sofia, asked me a question while we were visiting Kukio Beach, “Is the ocean a girl or a boy?” 

I thought about it. In French, “la mer” is feminine and means the sea. “L’océan” is masculine for ocean.

Sofia said, “I think it’s both, a girl where it’s shallow and the water is transparent and a boy when it gets deep and darker.”

The Makai Series explores the masculine and feminine components of the ocean, the ying and the yang, positive and negative energies intermingling, the empty space between objects, the calm space before the wave... There can be no light without dark, no movement without positive and negative forces.