hula paints semi-submerged floating females in undisclosed locales at sea

 

 

 

in undisclosed locales, beneath hidden underpasses and on abandoned maritime structures, hawaiian-born artist hula leaves monumental traces of his painterly hand. previously, the now new york-based creative beautified building façades, shipwrecked vessels and melting icebergs with delicate and detailed female portraits, painted at a larger-than-life scale. hula now continues his paddleboard sojourn in search of spaces and locations that lend themselves to the emotional and physical states of his highly expressive subjects. 

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hula‘s most recent works include water-based works ‘LEWA’ and ‘HEAU’, as well as an iceberg installation created in collaboration with instagram. working entirely with oil paint and using traditional techniques to create soft, female figures that interact with the surface of the water, the semi-submerged murals elicit an emotional response while proposing an environmental discussion. ‘LEWA’, rendered on abandoned shipping docks, sees a female figure floating in the sea, her arms outstretched and expression still. ‘HEAU’ is drawn from the feeling of being confined to a box and pictures the subject trapped within the boundaries of an enclosed building. the installation for instagram differs in in presentation indoors, but uses elements sourced from nature in its realization. HULA has painted two halves of a female face directly onto the icy cut of an iceberg. 

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‘HEAU’, painted for canvas museum show in west palm beach, florida

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‘LEWA’, painted on abandoned shipping docks

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iceberg installation, in collaboration with instagram for facebook cannes lions festival 2016

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