“The true purpose of arts education is not to create more professional dancers or artists. It’s to create more complete human beings who are critical thinkers, who have curious minds, who can lead productive lives.”
Author: Michael Dove
Art Block
Have lost motivation and feel I am running dry. Looking for prompts. I think I’ll turn to Portraits for now.
Pondering
Pondering the idea of a series of painting of water again. Ripples, Pools, Ebb and Flow
“Here It Comes”, Oil on canvas, 12 x 16 in.
Another Nocturne Reimagined
“Manu Crux”, Oil on Canvas, 12 x 15 in.
Reimagined Nocturnes
Space X – Falcon, Oil on Canvas Paper
No Northern Lights, Oil of Canvas Paper
Morning Light
Morning Light Halemanu, Watermixable Oil on Paper, 10 x 14 in., 2023
Memory Paintings
I find myself trying to record place in Hawaii that where or are special to me. This is sometimes a diversion and other times a way of releasing what is in me.
China Walls Evening. Watermixable Oil on Paper
Waimanalo Blues Beach Memory, Watermixable Oil on Paper
Sunset Stroll Kawaikui Park, Watermixable Oil on Paper
Piko Girl II, Oil on Canvas Paper
Family Series
Recording the family in Paint and Pencil lately.
Pool Days
Summer of 2021 found me sketching and illustrating the Lifeguards and Guests at the Forestbrooke Pool. The paintings are Acrylics on W/C paper 11″x15″.
Drawings from sketchbook of Lifeguards.
Michael K. Dove 