All photos courtesy of Sean Yoro It has been a couple of years since we first came across the work of street artist Sean Yoro, who practices his art under the name HULA. Since then, we’ve watched and admired as the volume of his work has grown, along with their scale and notoriety. HULA’s works are innovative because of their cultural dimensions as well as how they interact with the changing spaces they occupy. He paints images that relate and rely on natural elements, like icebergs, and water under bridges and docks. Although largely recognized for these pieces that exist in public spaces, Yoro also shows his work in galleries around the world. We recently reached out to him and...
Honolulu-based artist Kris Goto paints small and large scale pieces inspired by surf. Largely influenced by her multi-country Asian upbringing, Goto paints playful, diverse characters in often dream-like states. Her prints are now being carried in both the North Park Flagship the Kailua Outpost and online and we recently had the opportunity to check in with her to ask her a little bit more about her inspiration and process. 1. Tell us a little bit about how you decided to pursue your art? Has it always taken the form of illustrating/painting, or were/are there other mediums of creative expression that you find fuel your artwork as well?I think I have always stayed with illustration. I have tried other mediums/creative expressions...
We first discovered Rob Bailey through this image.
Something about its minimalism and shape-driven modernness kind of stopped us in our tracks. Aside from the fact that he's an illustrator from Manchester, England, there wasn't much we were able to learn about Rob Bailey on the world wide webs. Ever-so aligned with his minimal design, we found a couple of things that suggested he maintains a pretty low profile, which is quite alright for us. His illustrations certainly speak for themselves.
All images via Rob Bailey.
Motoi Yamamoto, Floating Garden (making of) salt; Solo Show / Return to the Sea: Salt works by Motoi Yammoto; The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, USA; March - May 2013 Motoi Yamamoto creates hypnotizing installations with salt, often on the floors of galleries and museums, working with the unique cracks of each floor. Because he uses salt, his installations are temporary and always take the shape of the space in which they are created. In Japanese culture, salt is considered a purifying agent and is the symbol for a source of life. He slowly traces interwoven patterns with the salt in what has been labeled an act of meditation for the artist. Yamamoto reveals that many of his works, including “Labyrinth,” are an...
