Mixed-media

Shellac, acrylic, oil & India ink on wood panel

35.5" h x 23.5" 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. 

40” h x 64” w

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"Transcendence happens in those moments that move us," shares Heidi. "Sometimes the moments are small and seemingly insignificant, like the light moving across the water as the sky shifts with color each dawn. Transcendence  happens when we are there — present in the moment — part of the light and the shifting sky - one with the world as it holds us, unfolding into the new day.

This work celebrates the sun rising in the east behind Mauna Wakea. The vantage point is from the deep waters off Kawaihae beach and fishing village before the harbor was built."

By Pualani Kanahele (chanted before sunrise)
ala e
Ka la i kahikina
I ka moana
Ka moana hohonu Pi’i ka lewa
Ka lewa nu’u
I kahikina
Aia ka la.
E ala e!
E Ala E

Awaken/Arise
The sun in the east From the ocean
The ocean deep Climbing (to) the heaven The heaven highest In the east
There is the sun Awaken!

Etching - Oil on Japanese Silk with 23K gold leaf trim
33" h x 45" w  with black float frame

Shellac, acrylic, & India ink on wood panel

35.5" h x 23.5" 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.