Kukui Leaf Haku, Lei Print by Judd Boloker, various sizes

Description

Kukui Leaf Haku, Lei Print by Judd Boloker, various sizes

 

Please, note that the white text watermark you see here won’t be on the actual artwork.

About the Artist

Judd Boloker is an award-winning artist originally from Smithtown, New York. He is now living and working in Honolulu, Hawaii. His artwork has been exhibited both locally at the Honolulu Museum of Art “Artists of Hawaii” 2011 exhibit as well as throughout the mainland at galleries in Chelsea NY, Los Angeles CA, and Scottsdale AZ. He is one of Oahu’s few inhabitants who does not own a surfboard.

Art Training

Judd first received art training at the age of ten in the basement of a local Long Island artist. He supplemented this training with illustration courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology. The study of Japanese history has brought Eastern influences to his work.  Time spent living on both the East and West Coast of the United States, though has exposed him to a wide variety of American culture, landscape, and design elements. His exposure to the beauty and traditions of the Hawaiian Islands continues to help his work progress and evolve. His latest series of prints, “Maunakea Street Refrigerator,” focuses on Hawaiian leis, a subject that provides endless inspiration for new work.

Haku

Haku is a word that means to braid or plait, as in braiding a lei or your hair. Interestingly enough, haku is also the word used to described the writing action of writing poetry or songs in Hawaiian. In Hawaiian thought, the act of writing a song or a poem was much more difficult and required a certain degree of language mastery, far above average. And the haku mele or song writer, weaves together their words with hidden meaning.

Lei

A lei is any series of objects strung together with the intent of being worn.  A lei is a common symbol of love, friendship, celebration, honor or greeting. In essence, it is a symbol of Aloha.

Please, contact us for orders of multiple prints. Free shipping for additional prints of the same size are available. They look fantastic together!

Copyright Judd Boloker, all rights reserved by the artist.

The dimensions listed in the ‘additional information’ tab includes packing for shipment.

 

Kukui Leaf Haku, Lei Print by Judd Boloker, various sizes