Location: Keawanui Bay, Mauna Lani
Size: 8" x 16"
Medium: Oil on stretched canvas
Artist's Comments: Perched on the edge of the ocean is the historical cottage which once belonged to Eva Parker Woods. Constructed in the 1920s, a former caretaker's house surrounded by a lanai, has been refurbished and is now a one-room museum that holds reminders of the past. Samples of tapa (bark cloth), a ti leaf cape and sandals, fishing gear, including bone hooks, spears and ie'ie vine fish traps, and an akua, an ancient stone fish god, are a few of the treasures that are displayed. The cottage is surrounded almost completely by water; ancient brackish-water fishponds and the Pacific ocean and it enjoys wonderful views of the Kohala shoreline. Every month on the Saturday around the full-moon, visitors are invited to join historians for the monthly "Full Moon Picnics" where a "talk story" event is held for those interested in learning about the rich Hawaiian culture.
To view other paintings in my collection, click on the section labeled "View all SitaScapes" located at the top right of my blog. I have categorized my paintings by the month as I complete them.
