Hana Yoshihata

She / Her / Hers

Hawaii based artist Hana Yoshihata collaborates with coastal and deep sea water to create paintings that evoke and honor the ocean, cosmos, and canoe voyaging culture throughout the Pacific.

Her experiences voyaging on traditional Polynesain canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia throughout Hawaiʻi and abroad serve as the greatest inspiration for her work. By incorporating waters gathered from around the world, Hana creates paintings that are both conceptually and materially tied to voyaging, while exploring our intrinsic human connections to the sky, sea, and earth.

Working on sheets of heavy watercolor paper placed flat on the floor, mixtures of ocean waters, acrylic pigments and ink are allowed to flow, mix and dry freely across the surface. This process welcomes the elemental influence of the ocean by changing and eroding pigments, alluding to its power in transforming larger environments and landscapes, and resulting in pieces that are ultimately shaped by the sea.

Artist’s website: hanayoshihata.com
IG: @hanamakesart

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