Author: Hina
Gallery 1
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sand painting: BOUNTIFUL TEMPLE
BOUNTIFUL TEMPLE BY HINA GAUTHIER transfering the drawing from the tracing paper to the polyphane paper The autumn colors were obtained for sands collected from New-Zealand, Florida and Polynesia. The foreground is finished. The green pine tree peaking behind the arches turned out great. I stsrted to work on the double arches and the shadows… Continue reading sand painting: BOUNTIFUL TEMPLE
MAEVA’S PAINTING
Maeva was not born yet, but I wanted to do something for her , a painting that when she looked at it, she would recognize some of her “fetii” or family members. Vaite, her mom, is there, before she was pregnant and after, her dad Jake is present too, both of them with their… Continue reading MAEVA’S PAINTING
“A day under the Diademe” watecolor 30×21/framed40x30
I grew up on a street where we could see the diademe every day. It is such a common picture in the background of our daily routine that we almost forgot it is there, gorgeous, and so impressive. I know… can’t see me! Most of the research work was done at that point. This is… Continue reading “A day under the Diademe” watecolor 30×21/framed40x30
KING JIM AND THE ALIEN INVADERS
KING JIM AND THE ALIEN INVADERS. Gathering through the night, in the stillness of the dying day, flying low and flying high, wings flapping like an old bird, almost invisible in the twilight eve, they clustered tightly along the low branches of our bushes. Long legs, as dark as the shadows on a moonless night,… Continue reading KING JIM AND THE ALIEN INVADERS
HAND PAINTED CHRISTMAS BALLS
How did I come up with this design? When I was a little girl, 30 or 40 years ago, we had a set of fancy, hand painted water glasses, from Tahiti, of course. My mother promised me that I would get them one year, and, a few years ago,… Continue reading HAND PAINTED CHRISTMAS BALLS
PORTRAITS. sand paintings
It seems that all the portraits I have done are in the medium “sand”. So here it is… My first attempt at a family portrait. Done in 2006, I painted Hans and his wife, then, and Jaden, the baby. It is a little crud, simple details, which at the time, was really hard for me to do. … Continue reading PORTRAITS. sand paintings
Sand Painting: Le URU de Tahiti
This sand painting is framed in a 20 x 24 inch gold frame and the sand painting itself is 11 x 14 inch. Done in 2007 by Hina Gauthier. Walking through the Papeete market, looking at the wonderful craft, it looks like I am not the only one who thinks that the uru is a great source of inspiration. … Continue reading Sand Painting: Le URU de Tahiti
Le Trou Souffleur
The story behind this painting. For a while I was looking for something that would inspire me to paint. I had been looking in the many files of pictures that I have, pictures taken from our 3 recent trips to Tahiti. Fresh in my mind were the sharp vivid colors from the pacific islands with… Continue reading Le Trou Souffleur