Hawaii Artist Hank Taufaasau

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• NEW ART COLLECTION - Na Hula Mele - Art Collection By Hawaii Artist Hank Taufaasau
  
  
  Featuring eight new paintings by artist Taufaasau that celebrate the timeless vibrancy of traditional Hawaiian Dance and Music.
• Hawaii Artist Hank Taufaasau Newsletter May 2023
  
  
  Latest news, events, new art and more from Hawaii Artist Hank Taufaasau.
• NEW HAWAIIAN NOTES CARDS - Na Hula Mele Note Card Collection By Hawaii Artist Hank Taufaasau
  
  
  NEW - Hawaii Artist Hank Taufaasau celebrates the timeless vibrancy of traditional Hawaiian Dance and Music.
• 8/9/2018 - Hanks Cafe Honolulu - New Art Collection - NA HULA MELE - 5PM - 7:30PM
  
  
  Featuring eight new paintings by artist Taufaasau that celebrate the timeless vibrancy of traditional Hawaiian Dance and Music.
• About Hank Taufaasau - Hawaii Artist
  
  
  Taufaasau is regarded primarily for his bold renderings of Polynesian people. His colors are vivid, bright and lively.
• NEW IMAGE - Paio!. Paio Like Mau!
  
  
  Inspiration: From I Mua Kamehameha, rally song written for Kamehameha Schools by Charles E. King in 1928
• NEW IMAGE - Nani Wale Na Hala (Beautiful Are The Hala Trees)
  
  
  Inspiration: From Na Hala O Naue, by J. Nahinu, 1888, honoring Kaleleonalani (flight of the Heavenly ones), the name given to Queen Emma, wife of Kamehameha IV, after the death of her son and husband. Often performed with the pu'ili, or split bamboo.
• NEW IMAGE - Lei I Ka Mamo Hulu Melemele (Lei Of Yellow, Mamo Flowers)
  
  
  Inspiration: From Ka'ahumanu, by Helen Desha Beamer in 1916 for Ahahui Ka'ahumanu, a women's benevolent society that wear the yellow feather lei. Dancers derive inspiration from I'olani Luahine.
• NEW IMAGE - Ku'u Pua, Ku'u Lei, Ku'u Milimili
  
  
  Inspiration: (My flower and Lei; mine to cherish) From Ka Makani Ka'ili Aloha, story of a Kipahulu man whose wife left him. Chanting love songs into a calabash, he set it afloat. The wife, gathering lipoa in the ocean, spotted the calabash and realized she was deeply loved, and returned to her husband.
• NEW IMAGE - Kou Lima Nani E (Lovely Hula Hands)
  
  
  Inspiration: From Lovely Hula Hands, by R. Alex Anderson, 1940. Of all the hapa-haole songwriters, Anderson comes closest to capturing the Hawaiian sound.
• NEW IMAGE - Ka Wai Pa'ihi I Ka Pu'uwai (Water Dear To My Heart)
  
  
  Inspiration: From Kalena Kai. The precious nature of water, under the guidance of Kanaloa, God of the ocean
• NEW IMAGE - Each Time Honolulu City Lights( Stir Up Memories In Me)
  
  
  Inspiration: From Honolulu City Lights, Keola Beamer, 1978.
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• Chinatown - Honolulu, Hawaii Note Card Collection
  
  
  Hawaii Artist Hank Taufaasau examines the realities of daily life in Chinatown - Honolulu, Hawaii.

About Hawaii Artist Hank Taufaasau

Born in Hawaii, raised in Lanakila and Manoa Valley, Hank's interest in art was evident at an early age. "I grew up copying everything in the comics. ...More...