A restful day at the beach is depicted in this painting by Ilmar Reinvald. He is featured at Living Arts Gallery in Hawi. Special to West Hawaii Today
The Living Arts Gallery in Hawi will show a collection of paintings by member Ilmar Reinvald through April, with an artist’s reception slated from 3 to 7 p.m. March 9.
Reinvald, a retired architect and professor, has been drawing since he was able to pick up a pencil. “Exploring the ever changing relationship between the hardness of man-made objects and the softness of nature has been an interesting challenge to me in watercolor painting,” he said. “Sometimes I find this relationship to be harmonious and sometimes clashing. Most of my painting is about communicating this relationship in such a way that the viewer feels the energy of this relationship.”
Reinvald moved to Waimea in 2008 and has been painting with North Kohala Plein Air Painters ever since. He became a working artist member of the Living Arts Gallery collective about a year ago. His subject matter ranges from plantation-era cottages to capturing people and places “in the moment.”
The gallery at 55-3435 Akoni Pule Highway is open from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. For more information, call 889-0739 or visit livingartsgallery.net.
