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Aloha Friends,
Welcome to the New Year of 2024 and Aloha to 2023. If you're like me, you're looking back at what you've achieved and will use what's worked to build your world even better in 2024.
Do you know that this annual New Year's Letter is our most highly viewed edition of the year? I guess people like looking at good memories to recap the recent trip around the sun.
The Art Tip this time is, "Paint What You Want". I hope it inspires some of your future work.
Kaua'i Friends, I'm preparing a fun and historical presentation at Keoki's Paradise on Kaua'i on January 17th. This is an event that is special to me as I'll be sharing the times and people that have influenced my life as a wildlife artist. Please contact Keoki's and make your reservations to join me there.
The picture above is symbolic of the coming year as I'll be more involved with Honolulu Zoo, the place that held so many of my youthful memories. Woot Woot!
"Painting Roosters" is our featured Painting in Paradise TV Show.
For the first show of 2024 we'll feature Hawaii's Dragonflies which are symbolic of a fresh start.
There's a lot of Favorite Photos this month, including a re-cap of 2023. I'm looking forward to creating the future together.
With Thanks and Happy New Year from me,
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ART TIP -
Paint What You Want
On a recent paddle to Mānana (Rabbit Island), I watched as four monk seals rested on its tiny beach. My mind drifted back to the days in my lifetime before there were any seals on this island. They may have been gone for a long time because in those days, the seals stayed almost always on the northwestern Hawaiian atolls now known as Papahānaumokuākea.
As a youth I dreamed of seeing a live monk seal. I wanted to be near one so badly but it seamed like I was asking to see a mermaid or something too rare to be true.
As a wildlife ranger on Kaua'i, I saw a trend start to happen as the seals began heading down the chain. First they started gathering on Ni'ihau (as Keith Robinson told me), then on Kaua'i, where the first seal born on that island in recorded history, was known as Hina.
In the years that followed, it was evident that seals were re-visiting beaches on the main islands that they had not hauled out on in many decades.
This painting of "Mānana Girl" was of the first seal born on Mānana Island. It was painted a year before she was actually born there and came across to O'ahu and rested under this tree.
This is one of several paintings that I've done in hopes that what I painted would someday come true. I share this as an example that You can paint what you'd like to have happen in Your lifetime. I'd love to see some of the art you paint to create the future you want.
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Painting in Paradise TV Show
Our Featured Episode this month is "Painting Roosters". Learn to draw and paint the Pacific Jungle Fowl. The Hawaiian names are moa for the hen, and moa kāne for the rooster. You’ll join a moa painting class in Hanalei, Kaua‘i, and learn why that island has so many wild jungle fowl. Enjoy all this, and more, on a fun clucking episode of Painting in Paradise.You can see the episode here at Patrick Ching YouTube.
Our First Episode of 2024
Featuring Hawaii's Dragonflies
In celebration of the New Year we are featuring Hawaii's Dragonflies which are symbolic of a fresh start. The aquatic nymph emerges to transform into a majestic airborn adult. This is a pencil drawing I did decades ago of our large native pinao dragonfly on a native makaloa sedge.
Attentions Dragonfly Artists
I'd Love To See Your Dragonfly Art or Photos in our upcoming episode of Painting in Paradise. Please send pictures to Aloha@PatrickChing.com soon ok? Above is a painting of Hawaii's large pinao dragonfly on a lotus done by Celeste on Kaua'i.
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Dragonfly Painting Class
January 13, 1pm - 4pm in Waimānalo
Join a small group of painters in a beautiful setting and learn to paint a dragonfly with acrylic paint. This event will be filmed and included in the upcoming Painting in Paradise episode on Dragonflies and Damselflies. Amazing pinao dragonfly photo by Ryan Chang. The pinao has evolved into one of the world's largest dragonflies.
$125 includes all paints and supplies and a 9” x 12” canvas.
*Space is limited.
Register Here at PatrickChing.com
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Meet Bula Kaupe, Our Newest Team Member
Hawaii Web Solutions is owned a Maui Family Business owned and run by Bula Kaupe and his 'ohana. They are so good to work with and I highly recommend them for website building and maintenance. You'll be noticing some nice updates to our site in the coming weeks. Here they stopped at the 'Ohana Kanaloa mural at Whaler's Village.
PatrickChing.com was built by Josh Silva several years ago. I really like its unique look and I'm learning a lot about the process of maintaining the website from the folks who helped work on it including Josh, Joy, Thomas, Crissia, Kelly and Bula. Mahalo!
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Keoki's Paradise on Kaua'i
January 17, 11am-1pm
See and Hear My Story of Becoming a Nature Artist
and wildlife ranger at the Kīlauea Lighthouse in the 1980's and 90's. This Presentation Requires Reservations and I'd Really Love to see some of my Kaua'i Friends there.
Call Keoki's Early at (808) 742-7534 to Reserve Your Spot!
Below is a photo of the late Dan Moriarty and me on my first day at Kīlauea Point. Ask me about how the day ended with Several Scars and a Big Smile across my face.
*Art and Book Signing
at Kīlauea Point, Kaua'i
January 19, 11am - 1pm
I love coming home to one of my favorite places on Earth where I lived and worked half a lifetime ago.
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Favorite Photos
This is a lot of pics, so I won't slow it down
with words...Enjoy!
   
I Hope You Enjoyed the Show. Drop me a note to say Hi ok?
With Aloha, and a Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!
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