Our Featured Artists
Paia, July
Jack Hamilton
Thursday July 15th, 22nd and 29th
Jack Hamilton will be demonstrating oil painting the last three Thursdays of July from 12 'til 4pm at Maui Hands in Paia at 84 Hana Hwy. He usually starts and finishes a painting each night, so come and watch. Bring the children if you want. They love to watch art being done, quickly and in a fun way. A great selection of small to very large recent work will be on display. Jack has been painting the views of Maui for nearly 30 years, and loves to share his enthusiasm and technique, and encourages others to "go out and paint."
Front Street, Lahaina, June
Danny Braddix Jr.
Meet this very talented artist on Friday, June 25th and watch him work on his Wedding Lei collection. The show hangs throught June 30th.
DANNY BRADDIX JR. grew up living in France, Germany and Boston. After graduating from college, he spent two years working in a big city high-rise before packing up his blue van and heading west to California to find something he really wanted to do for the rest of his life. When he hit the Big Sur coast in California, the splendid natural beauty woke the artist within. He spent almost ten years there, working as a Bartender and Fireman in the Carmel Highlands Fire Department and to relax taught himself to paint.
A dare, a promise and a woman brought him to Hawaii. On Maui, he spent 18 years hiking into the tropical rain forests, with a backpack full of paints, brushes and his easel, to paint the fantastic flowers and foliage in situ. In 2005, Danny moved to the wild woods of Puna, on the Big Island of Hawaii with live volcanoes and orchids, and started another adventure of discovery, painting unique beauty in his own unique way. While on the Island of Hawaii his Artwork took on new cultural direction, more towards native flowers, which has honed his fine detail work as evident in his Lei images.
2010 has seen a move back to Maui. With new skills in hand and fresh ideas wanting to be expressed, Danny has begun yet another chapter in perfecting his Artwork.
Artists who are new to Maui tend to experience a shift in their style - toward the inimitable carefree and friendly spirit of Aloha that exists on Maui. The combination of their previous education and talent with their new environment inspires a uniquely Hawaiian form of expression. Artists who were born on Maui show their expansive love of the islands through their work. The Galleries' unique atmosphere is a direct result of this broad range of diverse and creative work. Currently there are close to 10,000 original pieces on display in the Maui Hands Galleries as well as a large selection of reproductions.
