paintings, silkscreens, mixed media originals and works in progress
HAWAIIAN GOTHIC VACATION
The absurdity of this image was irresistible mixed media acrylic on canvas
11” x 12 3/4”
Mr Monopoly Man Loves Hawaii
Acrylic on Canvas
PRINCESS KAIULANI
The most beautiful Hawaiian Royal, the would be queen, a candle in the wind, Aloha Oe
16” x 10”
TARGET WITH FOUR HAWAIIAN FACES
Jasper Johns “Target with Four Faces” A pivotal pop icon is parodied and appropriated in this Hawaiian tribute. The collage under the target creates a provocative visual narrative about Hawaii's past
mixed media acrylic, encaustic, collage, high fired ceramic in a solid koa frame
27 3/4” x 32”
CARTOON BALLOON ALOHA
this is the companion piece to “Aloha Roy”
original acrylic on canvas and wood
28” x 19”
WARHOLA BRAND BANANA
Andy Warhol was born Andy Warhola. Sonny's hand-painted lampoon of the pop icon with a faux 'Chiquita Banana / Warhola' label is appropriate, or not. If you look carefully you might see several shakas in the dark spots on the banana along with a seal original mixed media acrylic on canvas
8” x 12”
STOP AND SMELL THE SHAKAS
The Hawaiian shirt is a brand, an unambiguous symbol of relaxation worldwide. The shaka says "hang loose." Sonny loves the way the four shakas create a natural flower design.
11 1/4” x 10 1/2”
SHAKA FLOWER
graphic of shaka flower
print 14” x 11”
SURF-I-TUDE
Sonny’s vision of Haring and Hokusai meeting in Hawaii
16” x 9”
In pop-art POW means KABLOOMY. In Hawaii PAU means DONE
Da Beach Boyz
Metal Print
BEACH MONA
If Marcel Duchamp was a beach boy and Mona a beach girl - a pop dada moment
17” x 17”
CORONA HI SHAKA CAP
The “shaka” on the top of the crown in this Mixed media painting on canvas is Sonny’s shaka-salute to a pop beverage
23 1/4” x 23 1/4”
ABSOLUTE ALOHA
Multiple Unique Hand painted print on paper
19” x 42”
HAWAIIAN KING AND QUEEN
The last of the Hawaiian Royalty (detail from mixed media flag painting)
14” x 12”
MOONRISE OVER CHINAMAN’S HAT
a nostalgic pop dream
14” x 14”
THE THREE ALOHA’S
mixed media silkscreen on plexiglass, acrylic, eglomise and collage
24” x 33 1/2”
A PISTIL FOR ANDY
painting pistils on the hibiscus, a dadaesque gesture, changes Warhol's Four Flowers silkscreens mixed media painting
11 1/4” x 11 1/4”
SPAM SPA
Spam, Hawaiian sirloin with an emphasis on the Spa
12” x 12”
PETRO SURFERS WITH SELFIE STICK
The Petro-selfie in the right foreground seemed funny enough to warrant this mixed media pastel on paper
19 1/4” x 12 1/4”
A work in progress…what the world needs now…
HULA DREAMS
silkscreen and acrylic on canvas
11” x 22”
SHADES OF HAWAII
The first image of Hawaiians in the western world was an etching from the HMS Endeavor ships artist, John Weber, on Captain Cooks voyage to the Sandwich Islands in 1778. Dusting off this old image, Sonny created a silkscreen and added a few flourishes including sunglasses that reflect Waikiki on Diamond Head a la the Hollywood sign. The juxtaposition of the contemporary with the classic takes something old and makes it nu’u again.
17” x 30”
MAUI ROCKET TO PLANET HAWAII
The subtitle is "Going Global." This is a passage from a mixed media painting, silkscreen, and collage, on canvas, and several levels of plexiglass, that reflects an interest in how layered our perceptions have become under the influence of incessant media. We see more images, in one day, than our ancestors saw in a lifetime. The original mixed media painting took a year to create
19 3/4” x 17 1/2”
ALOHASVILLE
In Hawaii the historic markers serve as reminders of the past; Sonny's Chief Shaka reminds us to hang loose now
15” x 16”
DOUBLE MARILYN
This silkscreen on silk of an overworked icon, with the mixed media narrative on the frame, is meant as a spoof of the over-saturation of all things Marilyn
35 1/2” x 28 1/2”
A PALM FOR MONDRIAN
Another tip of the hat to post Dada sensibilities: the deco-inspired palm wreaks havoc with Piet Mondrian's balanced, idealized linear composition acrylic on canvas
13” x 17”
APOLOGIES TO JASPER JOHNS
After 9/11 - this pastiche of Jasper Johns American flag painting with collage has the twin towers on the lower right and another star because we are in an expansionist mode
detail: encaustic on canvas with collage
40” x 30”
AIR MAIL
This 80 cent stamp makes the Forever stamp look like a bargain repetition is at the heart of modernity and pop art silkscreen and acrylic paint on canvas
16 3/4” x 21 1/4”
SONNY POPS BRAND
The obvious reference to Warhol's soup cans aside, this is a 'one of' painting and silkscreen on canvas.
16 1/2” x 24”
MASTAHPEECE
This painted parody of Roy Lichtenstein's pop-art classic uses pidgin English; an asian looking wahine and a new context to capture the heart of Hawaiian Nu'u Pop
22 1/2” x 25”
SONNY MONEY
'Sonny Money' inspired by the relationship between art and money and comic optimism
mixed media acrylic and collage on canvas
28 1/2” x 30”
FIRST DATE
The palm trees look like they are in love... Kitsch is visual candy, and this was just too sweet to resist doing
mixed media acrylic on canvas
9 1/4” x 11 1/4”
TEAL MARILYN WITH HIBISCUS
silkscreen and acrylic on canvas
18” x 20”
COCA COLA CLASSIC
Warhol’s silkscreens of coke bottles inspired this textured painting the "CLASSIC" alludes to the fact that Warhol's pop image and coke both went classic
41” x 31 1/2”
OUTRIGGER SPACE
In the upper left hand corner an outrigger is taking off on the next wave, outer space. From Sonny's view: Hawaii is a unique planet and deserves a place in the aesthetic solar system original mixed media pastel on paper
19 3/4” x 17 1/2”
DUKE OF LOVE
Duke Kahanamoku was the inspirational and true ambassador of Aloha... and aloha is LOVE and it made sense to pay tribute to the Duke of Love in this regional tribute to Indiana’s pop classic LOVE graphic
23 1/2” x 21”
COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHTED
Inspired by #107 of the fair use clause of the copyright code this is meant to be ironically iconic: mixed media original acrylic on canvas and painted collage on wood
24 1/2” x 30 1/2”
KING KALAKAUA
The Merry Monarch, detail from Flag painting
14” x 12”
“ABSOLUTE ALOHA”
gallery wrapped acrylic on canvas mounted on board with collage and painting
18” x 30”
Hawaii’s Hulawood, kitchy fun
Take da culture and run Mr. Monopoly Man
Da Big Pineapple
Haring drops in on Hokusai over Diamond Head
Surf Hearts Loving Waves metal print
Petro surfers with selfie stick
School of Fish Hooks metal pring
Two hearts in LOVE
Metal print
Aloha tapa
It’s Raining Hawaiian Pineapples
Sun emoji glyphic metal print