Highlights
Made by DianaHansenYoung
Materials: canvas, stretcher bars, acrylics
 
About this item
This is the one of a kind published original painting from which I created prints, calendar images, and cards. It's called a "published original" because has been published in different forms; many people have prints or giclees of this image hanging on their walls, but they were made from this particular painting, and there is only one.

The story of Pele, creating the islands out of sea with fire and rock, goes back to ancient times, and has been handed down in chant and song. The modern stories of the volcano goddess Pele have always fascinated me. She is the old woman in white on the Pali Highway, in need of assistance, or asking for a ride. She has been seen hovering above Kilauea, and is as real as the islands themselves, part of the sacred aina.She represents the fire, beauty, and purpose of Hawaiian women; indeed, woman everywhere. Once, forty years ago, driving up the Old Pali Road, I slowed to inhale the gingers by the roadside, and to this day, I swear I saw a white form, hovering back in the trees. I don't believe in ghosts - but I cannot get that image out of my mind.
This original painting should be framed (no glass), to protect the integrity of the canvas against warping and damage. I can personalize the back, but for historical reasons, the front (signed) should not be personalized. I ship this flat, insured, which is why the shipping is higher than a poster or giclee.

You will be proud to own this one-of-a-kind painting; it is an heirloom, to be handed down the generations, much as the story of Pele was handed down over the years:

Ha‘ina ‘ia mai ka puana ‘eā
Aia lā ‘o Pele i Hawaiʻi ‘eā
Ha‘ina hou mai ka puana ‘eā
No Hi‘iaka nō he inoa ‘eā
‘Owaka i ka lani, nokenoke
Ē Pele ē Pele ē.

This is the end of my song
Pele is in Hawai‘i
Tell again the refrain
In honor of Hi‘iaka
Flashing in the heavens, on and on
O Pele, Pele