KampKrug

We went on a beach hike today at one of our favorite places. I love the lava shelves here, the tide pools and the olivine sand – it’s green because it contains this mineral from the crater in the picture to the left (Ulupa’u). I did a little finger painting – mixed media madness really. Dave helped get the shape of Ulupa’u just right because I had been working from memory at the second beach we went to today. I saved some sand and sprinkled it on using spary adhesive. The shells are stuck on a mound of old glue stick glue.

Dave is not a big fan of my mixed media stuff but I told him what one of my friends (Liisa) said once – being an artist means one feels compelled to create. So…it doesn’t necessarily mean it has to be good LOL J. For me to keep a creation of my own, it has to instantly and sufficiently recall a time and place – experiences that I value. I like the textures (sand, shells, seaweed for the cactus on the slopes) because they all enhance my memory of the place. For me, it’s like making a 3D movie instead of a regular film. When I look at this one (wherever we stash it in the house – probably the bedroom!) I will remember all the times the boys and I jogged or biked around the fish ponds on a morning adventure, muddin’ through knee-deep puddles left by a heavy rain, rescuing injured stilts, even going to the commissary every week. If you click on the picture and blow it up you can see the sparkles in the sand!