The Art of Hilton Alves

By DavidChat · February 10, 2012 Inspiration, Oahu --> Permalink--> · Leave a Comment

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Meet Hilton.

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He paints beautiful waves.

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Hilton Alves, professional fine artist and muralist in Hawaii. Kahuku, North Oahu.

And he paints massive waves.

I met Hilton last weekend. One of our mutual friends, Ken, started posting photos of Hilton’s paintings on Facebook and I was drawn to his artwork. I’ve always wondered what it’s like to be a surf artist in Hawaii so I asked Ken if we could set up a meeting and Hilton was nice enough to agree to chat with me. We talked for a couple hours and I got to find out that this dude is incredibly interesting.

Hilton first came to Hawaii from Brazil to enter a stand up paddle race. He was supposed to stay for three months but, like many of us, he took a liking to Hawaii and never left. Now he lives in Kahuku (on Oahu’s north shore) with his wife who is a high school teacher.

He’s a surfer, competes in stand-up-paddle (SUP) races and pays the bills by selling his art at Wyland Galleries. And, a big focus in his life right now is a social project he’s been developing called SurfArtKids. It’s all about connecting with the community through art.

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Mo’ili’ili Community Garden

By DavidChat · February 5, 2012 Activities, Oahu --> Permalink--> · Comments (3)

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Wai Yi  transfers her plants from pots to a planter.

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She grows a bunch of herbs and veggies. This is mojito mint.

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Wai Yi Ng at the Moiliili Community Garden. Honolulu, Hawaii.

We’re at the Moiliili Community Garden.

Moiliili (pronounced moe-eelee-eelee) is a district of Honolulu that’s close to the University of Hawaii Manoa. Wai Yi, a geologist and friend from the rock climbing gym, lives there and recently became part of the community garden.

The garden is in a small plot of land between a strip of homes and apartments. The land is divided up into several 10 by 10 plots. If you live in Moiliili you can put your name on a waiting list and when a plot opens up you can use it for a fee $75 a year.

If you live in a house, this might not seem all that interesting, but I live in a sea of apartments and high-rise condo buildings in Ala Moana. No one around me has a backyard. So, when I heard there was a community garden right down the street from me, I wanted to check it out and see what people were growing.

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Old Hawaii, a Tumblr

By DavidChat · January 28, 2012 Inspiration --> Permalink--> · Comments (3)

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Waikiki.

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PanAm.

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Lanikai.

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Fisherman.

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Classroom.

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Photos of Hawaii from back in the day.

Kilauea.

These photos come from a wonderfully curated Tumblr blog called “OLD HAWAII – Nostalgia in Photographs”.

To see more and learn more about the photos, visit OldHawaii.Tumblr.com.

See also:

  • If you’re on Tumblr, you can follow and reblog my photos at UnrealHawaii.Tumblr.com.

Kawai’iki Trail

By DavidChat · January 28, 2012 Easy, Hikes, Oahu --> Permalink--> · Leave a Comment

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I went on my first trail-clearing hike last weekend. (Hence, the weed wacker you see in the photo above.)

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The hike took us into a remote part of Oahu.

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Hiking the Kawai’iki Trail with the Hawaiian Trail & Mountain Club. North Oahu, Hawaii.

At the end, a swimming hole.

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Not only was this my first trail-clearing hike, this was my first time hiking with the Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club (HTMC). The club has been around for over a hundred years and they organize a hike every weekend.

One of the benefits of hiking with the HTMC is that they can get access to a lot of trails that are typically off-limits or behind locked gates. The Kawai’iki Trail is one such trail. It takes you several miles deep into a valley on the West side of the Koolau mountains. All on restricted land.

On this day the HTMC’s goal was to clear the overgrown parts of the trail and mark it with ribbons for an upcoming hike on February 12.

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