'Iliki' Spirit of Aloha
‘Iliki’ Spirit of Aloha is a mixed media production on canvas textured paper using ink, pastel, acrylic and charcoal.
My darling ‘Illiki’ was inspired by James Michener’s novel ‘Hawaii’ and the beautiful young hawaiian girl who is one of the charming characters early on in the story.
I was completely swept away during the reading of this incredible novel, highly recommended reading :D
I think that the song Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo’Ole really relates to the story …. as his melancholy voice is so melodically accompanied by the ukelele….. it reminds me of the story of Iliki the young hawaiian girl, who leaves her island when still very young…. forever she haunted the mind of the young minister missionary who tended her and taught her in his first days on the island, he forever wondered how she was faring in the civilised world, having been taken away on a ship by the white men. He felt a certain special kind of fatherly love for this girl, and it tore his heart that she was so clever and cottoned on so well to the new english language, and customs he would teach her, as well as the scriptures…but she was a wild thing, and never one to be ‘pigeon-holed’ or contained… he set her free and never saw her again. Here are the lyrics to Israel’s version of the song, i feel that is how the young missionary felt, even as he grew old on the island of Hawaiia, waiting hoping wondering with every ship that pulled in, whether the young girl Iliki would be aboard and he would welcome her return, sadly that day never came tho:
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Ooooo oooooo ohoohohoo
Ooooo ohooohoo oooohoo
Ooooo ohoohooo oohoooo
Oohooo oohoooho ooooho
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Once in a lullaby ii ii iii
Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Dreams really do come true ooh ooooh
Someday I’ll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me ee ee eeh
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops thats where you’ll find me oh
Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
And the dream that you dare to,why, oh why can’t I? i iiii
Well I see trees of green and
Red roses too,
I’ll watch them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
And the brightness of day
I like the dark and I think to myself
What a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people passing by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, “How do you do?”
They’re really saying, I…I love you
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,
They’ll learn much more
Than we’ll know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world (w)oohoorld
Someday I’ll wish upon a star,
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney top that’s where you’ll find me
Oh, Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
And the dream that you dare to, why, oh why can’t I? I hiii ?
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo
'Iliki' Spirit of Aloha belongs to the following groups:
Beach Art, Green!, Hawai'i ~ Aloha Na'au, Music Inspired Art (M.I.A) music links/lyrics required and Tropical Art Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints
missmilly
Another beautiful goddess! Love the greens in this! Milly
Karin Taylor
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Thanx Milly! :D
JennyDean
she is just devine, way to go
Karin Taylor
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thanx Jenny :D glad you like Illiki :D
Siamesecat
She is so pretty all your art is pretty love it…
Karin Taylor
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thanx SC :D
Lee Grissett
beautiful colors!
Karin Taylor
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thank you very much Lee :D
kipishiux
Brilliant
Karin Taylor
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ta mate :D
Beo Lo
great work
Clark Takashima
Karin, Your works are all soo complete! color, comp., movement,all thoughtfully manifested in attractive pieces! cool keep up the good work ! Mahalo for the compliments! Clark T
Karin Taylor
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Hey Clark,
Thanks for these lovely thoughtful comments on ‘Illiki Spirit of Aloha’
You made my day…I am in awe of your amazing work.
Cheers, K
artsthrufotos
my goodnes, what beautiful work! the colors and definitive lines. so enjoyable to look at!
Karin Taylor
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thank you so much for that lovely compliment!
I do appreciate it very very much :D
artsthrufotos
you are very deserving—your art is amazing!
Karin Taylor
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:D
lurline
Amazing colour and great art work! :)
Karin Taylor
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thanks very much lurline for stopping by and leaving such a nice comment on my work :D
cherokee
Really lovely.
Karin Taylor
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Thanks very much Jo :D
Allison Lane
Ohh, I love this! The colours are amazing and the emotion awesome! Great job!
Karin Taylor
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Gee thx v much Allison! :D
GittiArt
Everything is beautiful on it …...lovely work ! Thanks for sharing :-)
Karin Taylor
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Hi GittiArt..thx 4 stopping by and leaving such a nice comment about ‘Iliki’, it is much appreciated :D
Heath Holden
Love it, Hawaiian spirit is alive!
Karin Taylor
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Thanks Heath, it’s real nice to hear from you…love your pix of Hawaii !! :D
Jennib
Excellent work
Karin Taylor
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thank you very much for your comment Jenni, much appreciated indeed :D
KCphoto
Fantastic!! This is beautiful :)K
Karin Taylor
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thank you very much!!!!
I adore your puppy pix…never seen anything as adorable b4 :D
joan warburton
She’s lovely! I absolutely love your work!
Karin Taylor
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Thank you so much Joan, it’s lovely to hear from you :D
greenfrog153
Beautiful image Karin.
Karin Taylor
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hi greenfroggy…you are so busy today….thank you so much!
greenfrog153
Well I have a good reason to be busy, don’t I?
Karin Taylor
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lol
alexa70
Such beautiful work : ) stunning !
Karin Taylor
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oh hi there alexa70, and thank you so much for the great comments about Iliki Spirit of Aloha….i really appreciate you dropping in!!
Mystikka
Intriguing image! Very cool…
Karin Taylor
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thanks vry much Mystikka :)
BlueKnot
Wonderful image; love the face!
Karin Taylor
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oh thank you very much BlueKnot, much appreciated!!
Ken Mucke
We got married in Hawaii and this brings back so many amazing memories..another remarkable work of art
Karin Taylor
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o truly? how lovely :D thank you so much for your lovely comments Ken..
i can’t actually think of a more lovely tropical place for a wedding…..how lucky you and your wife are!! This was inspired by the book ‘Hawaii’ by James Michener, what a wonderful story it is :D
sunism
Very cute
Karin Taylor
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thank you!!
betha
Well done on the Home page, looks great!
Karin Taylor
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thank you so much betha, that is really much appreciated :D
Shannon Rene' ...
lookie who is on the front page! go you! :)
Karin Taylor
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heya hahp!! thank you !!!
will wonders never cease!! :D
lol
frozenfa
YAY!! you got onto the homepage again!!! Woot!!!! XD
Karin Taylor
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woohoooo! as pinky would say :D
thank you fa….what a nice surprise to come home to hey!!
hugs xo
margieacosta
CONGRATS KARIN!!! WELL DESERVED MY FRIEND! LOVELY LOVELY LOVELY!!! KINDA LOOKS LIKE ME IN A BIKINI! NO JOKE! lol!
CONGRATS AGAIN! SO PROUD OF YOU AND KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT WORK.
MUCH LOVE,’MARGIE
Karin Taylor
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margie, thank you…and lol…so this is what you look like in a bikini eh!!
very cute!! thanx so much for the congrats:D
Belinda "Billy...
Hey , you are on the feature page, someone on my watchlist is on the feature page and its FABULOUS! Congratulations!
Karin Taylor
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hey BillyLee!! yay!! thx heaps mate….just got home…nice surprise it is too!
MrJoop
I saw rarely see something on the homepage that I recognise. Good to see this there, Karin!!!
Karin Taylor
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thank you!! thankyou Jo… i have been out to see “Get Smart” at the movies and just arrived home to a nice surprise… much appreciated :D
MrJoop
Where did saw come from? Should be SO!!!
Joanne Bradley
Lovely! Congrats on homepage feature!
Karin Taylor
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thank you Joanne!! much appreciated!!
shanghaiwu
this is brilliant/congratulations/so so pleased
Karin Taylor
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thank you so much shanghaiwu – it’s so nice to be featured :D
Ellen Stapleton
nice work, i love the colours!!
cherokee
Just popped back to say Congrts :)
Karin Taylor
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thank you very much for the congrats Jo!! :D
Cimmerrian
Congrats on the home page feature Karin !
Mui-Ling Teh
Home page again Karin, Congrats! Different from what usually makes the homepage among your work, but still undoubtfully yours.
Karin Taylor
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Hi Mui-Ling…just on my way to sleep…it’s going on 11.15pm :D
Wanted to say thank you so much for noticing…it did not come up in my activities monitor at all…so it’s only through people congratulating me that i found out…i think that Illiki made the homepage on another occasion also!!!! and yet, she seems not that well known around here…..it’s a lovely surprise, that’s for sure!! :D thx again !!
purelydecorative
Karin is a star! Congrats!
Karin Taylor
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lol…thx pd…you are so kind :D
gillsart
So perfect !
Karin Taylor
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thank you so much!! :D
so nice to hear from you :D
pinkyjain
She is such a beauty with her little ukeleli, this is so wonderful. Love the bright happy colors, makes my heart sing. Many Congrats Karin for this beauty being Featured on the Home Page
Karin Taylor
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hey thank you so much Pinky!!!
so glad you love her little ukeleli too!!!
much love, k xo
oskeepops
i have nothing to say…except..wow!!!!!im inspired with your works
Karin Taylor
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well, thanx so much oskeepops…!!
and a very big warm hearty welcome to Red Bubble!!!
your comments are greatly appreciated…and i also think your art is wonderful….you are an excellent artist!
Virginia McGowan
congratulations Karin ! super duper!
Karin Taylor
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cool magool….lol….thanx so much ginny!!
bahgoesthesheep
congrats on the feature!!!!!!! <3>
rock on :3 lolol
Karin Taylor
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thx jocelyn!!!
really appreciate that!!
salsbells69
Congratulations on the HOME PAGE Karin :)) :)) :))..dooing a hoola around the office for you~!!!
Karin Taylor
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oooooooo great visual there Sal!!!!!!
thanx so much!!
AnnieD
Hey, congrats Karin on being featured!! Whoo hoo!
Karin Taylor
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yo, yay! thanx AnnieD!!! :D
gypsycaster
Another beautiful piece by a beautiful gal!!
Conga rats of the highest calibre on the front page too!
;)
Karin Taylor
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heya gypsycaster…long time no see….
thank you very much for that!!!
much appreciated and hope
all is great with you!
dinghysailor1
wonderful work!!
Karin Taylor
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thank you!!! it’s lovely to see you !
Brad McEvoy
Great work, really caught my attention.
Karin Taylor
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thanx so much Brad! :D
Marion Cullen
Congrats on making home page with this lil beauty Karin. She makes a wonderful welcome!
Karin Taylor
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aw, thanx Lumineux…of course, i hadn’t realised …
Iliki welcomes….that’s a lovely thought :D
gypsycaster
SMOOOOOOOCH!!!
Karin Taylor
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ello there gc…long time no seeeeee!!!
so lovely to see ya….hugs xoxo
Katewah
She’s stunning! Beautiful colour and life yet again.
Karin Taylor
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ah, thank you Kate, you are so kind! :D
Sharon Mau
Aloha ahiahi, everything is so wonderful!!!! Your lovely commentary, the beautiful quote of Israel’s beautiful song and lyrics and your lovely painting and story!! This is delightful! I invite you to add it to my Hawaii group! I wish you a bright and beautiful day! Aloha, Sharon
Karin Taylor
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Thank you Sharon Anne, i am so happy to have joined your Hawaii group, thank you!!!
Sharon Mau
‘Ae, Mahalo! I am so happy to see you here! I wish you a sparkling day! Congratulations on your wonderful feature!!
Aloha kakahiaka, Sharon
Colin Cartwright
This is so cute. A fine little colourful Hawaian.
Nicely drawn, Karin.
Karin Taylor
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thank you very much Colin :)
Marjorie Wallace
Very nice work. I like this alot.
Karin Taylor
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thank you Marjorie!
maremarie
I think it’s amazing what you do. :-)
Waleska Luker
Congratulations! On making the Top Ten in a First Things Group challenge