Healing Scenes of Maui
Healing Scenes of Maui
Three scenes and experiences of Maui abstracted into a representational triptych of the calm the island provided me in attempt of healing after 6 months of trauma, loss, and grief.
The lush green forest & waterfalls of Waihe’e Ridge Trail and the beautiful Bird of Paradise found all over the island
— the appearance of Venus just after sunsets watched from the shoreline of Kihei
— and the intense and vivid volcanic earth above the clouds on Haleakalā National Park
— all allowed me moments to exhale, before I unknowingly inhaled in preparation for our next struggle through Covid-19.
[photos of scenes described taken by Ari Woeste in Maui, February 2020]
48x20” as a set (three 16x20 pieces) for $900 or $350 each
gouache + oil based paint marker on board
UV protective varnish
I’m attempting to create beauty out the little I have, a reflection of how I felt after experiencing a series of traumas and financial crises, and consequent food and housing insecurity.
Everything in my life felt like chaos so I desired simplicity and symmetry, centeredness and peace. I wanted to make but couldn’t afford fancy art supplies, so I looked around at what I had- three small tubes of paint and some scrap board.
Although the designs are mechanical in composition and form, these humble materials and the textures within them heavily inform my direction and commitment to capturing and maintaining the human vulnerability I felt when I first began.
