{"product_id":"kukio-by-mark-ley","title":"Kukio by Mark Ley","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcrylic on canvas- unframed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e48\" h x 48\" w (can be hung vertically or horizontally)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eGrowing up on Hawaii Island, Mark Ley\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e spent his life in the ocean. Surfing it, diving it, chasing it across coastlines and continents. From the reef passes of Central America to the lava shelves of Hawaiʻi. Everything he makes begins there. Not as metaphor. As fact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eSeen from above, Kūkio Bay turns into pure pattern. Bands of deep blue and teal run diagonally across the canvas, the way the trades comb the surface of the water on a clear Kekaha afternoon. Ridges of thick white paint catch the light like whitecaps, scraped and dragged with a knife so the surface feels as restless as the sea. Flecks of gold, coral, and violet flicker underneath, the way sun and shadow scatter across shallow reef.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eThe wind here is a gentle, steady trade, the same one that has been pushing across these waters for as long as people have been reading them. It echoes a thousand years of voyaging, and an ancient relationship with the ocean at Kaʻūpūlehu that was built on patience, observation, and respect. This piece is a quiet nod to that lineage: the water as a living surface, always moving, always telling you something if you stay long enough to listen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eHeavily textured and layered, the painting changes with the light and your position in the room. Up close it is all scrape and splatter. From across the room, the bay comes into focus.\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eMark K Ley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Mark Ley","offers":[{"title":"48\" h x 48\" w","offer_id":67812154343623,"sku":null,"price":9000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0259\/5930\/1204\/files\/KukiobyMarkLey_3752eef1-7b86-4d62-8a08-b5898221d1d7.jpg?v=1790988231","url":"https:\/\/tiffanysartagency.com\/products\/kukio-by-mark-ley","provider":"Tiffany's Art Agency","version":"1.0","type":"link"}