August 29 – September 29 , 2018
Three Local Artists are featured at the Firehouse Gallery in September: Trish Helms Kimball, Michael Helms and David Blevins. All featured artists draw inspiration from life on Hawaii Island.
Trish Helms Kimball and Michael Helms happen to be brother and sister. They began their art training together as siblings growing up in Hilo, but each artist took separate career paths as adults. Both are talented artists and both are long time Big Island kama’ainas.
Trish focuses on Pastel as a medium. “Retired from careers in both design and education, I am relishing the time to paint again! My education includes a B.F.A. degree in drawing and painting. Over the years, I have worked with many mediums but currently choose pastel. Pastel “sticks”, with their saturated pigments, allow for the expression of intense color, providing for great contrast, movement and fine details that I like in my compositions. I particularly enjoy the challenges of capturing fallen light and shadows, reflecting water, water that moves and glistens, cloud formations, masses, texture and depth.”
Michael’s art medium choices span Oils, Charcoal and Pastels. “My work is mostly limited to landscape and still life. Nothing too deep in my purpose or intentions other than to create pleasing images. My free time is spent playing (and working on) my guitars , and standup paddling – or rather standup falling at Wailea Bay, Kawaihae, and the Hilo Bayfront.” Note that his art incorporates custom made frames that he has created that are works of art in and of themselves and add significant value to each of his creations.
David Blevins has been crafting wood for the past two years. David is the Kahu at Imiola Church and wood working is his hobby. David was raised on the island of Molokai and later moved to Waimea with his wife. His passion for wood was rekindled when a friend gave him some small pieces of koa wood and he is blessed to have access to collecting koa scraps from a small saw mill on the island. The name of his small business is called Imiola Woods. The word “imiola” in the Hawaiian language means to “seek life or salvation”. The scraps of wood that are found are worn by the weather and dead. David’s creations bring the beauty of the wood back to life as functional pieces and reveal their beautiful wood grains. David is blessed to be in the only church in the state built completely out of koa wood and located right here in Waimea.
A reception is planned for Saturday, Sept. 1 from 10 – 11:30 am.
