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kaleidoscope, and little jewel boxes. At the Hawai‘i Artist Collaboration in 2014, Kathleen worked with four other artists to create Loihi, a mixed media piece named after Hawai‘i’s seamount off Punalu‘u. Referring to Loihi as the “goddess of emergence,” the artists repurposed the upper body of a vintage porcelain doll that they tattooed, a cut paint brush for hair, a carved wooden heart, a candlestick for the bodice, and a copper screen fashioned into a dress. The figure is adorned by a handmade necklace. Kathleen purchased Loihi for her own private art collection. Outside the Abood home is a garden Kathleen planted soon after they moved to Kona. She put in flowers and plants she can either paint or might use in her art. Many of the choices she painted while traveling, like the Eucharist lily. She shares how the garden recently contained a “perfect spider web” and marveled how she’d love to make it into a print. “My mind works like that,” she smiles. “I’m always searching for a way to turn something into art.” Kathleen will be participating in the 2020 Hawai‘i Artist Collaborative (see below). She is also volunteering at Keiki Surf for the Earth April 25–26 at Kohanaiki Beach Park where participants clean up the beach, repaint signs and surf for Earth Day. For more information: destinesiahawaii@gmail.com
2020 Hawai‘i Artist Collaboration The multi-day, studio workshop in Holualoa is a gathering where master artists can recharge and reinvigorate their work through a sharing of knowledge and skills. Artists specializing in as many as 14 different media come together to collaborate. The results of four days of making art together will be auctioned March 28 at the West Hawai‘i Community Health Center. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit organization, as well as provide funds for purchasing art supplies for the following Hawai‘i Island schools: Chiefess Kapiolani, Ho‘okena Elementary, Kahakai Elementary, Ke Kula ‘O ‘Ehunuikaimalino, and Mountain View Elementary. ■ For more information: tailake.net/collab/
The sculpture Wind Gourd of Laÿamaomao was formed using recycled woven strips of painted and printed cotton fiber papers. photo by Fern Gavelek