Reflections Of The Wharf Canvas Print

canvas prints koi carp pound reflections water ripples ripple tree canopy balcony maui lahaina blue water square darice

paintings koi carp pound reflections water ripples ripple tree canopy balcony maui lahaina blue water square darice

The Wharf Cinema Center is located in Lahaina Maui, on Front Street, right across the street from the historic Banyan Tree. There are three levels of stores and restaurants that wrap around a court yard. This court yard has a beautiful koi pond. I spent a great deal of time watching and photographing the koi one afternoon and was rewarded by these two beauties crossing each other. I snapped the camera on my iPhone just in time for this composition. It was a lucky shot. Everything about it excited me and I couldn't wait to paint it. Though wait I did, for it took six months before I made the time to paint it. The orange and dark blue squarish shapes are reflections of the overhead canopies. The fun part of this painting was creating the movement of the water. In my photo there was a third fish poking his head up between the tails of these two. I decided not to paint him in.

Darice Machel McGuire lives on the beautiful Island of Maui. Her Hawaii and California landscape oil and acrylic paintings are gracing the homes and offices of collectors nationally and internationally. McGuire's choice of subject matter comes from her love of nature and all that surrounds her on a daily basis. She paints in large and small formats. Her works are represented by Village Galleries in Lahaina, Karen Lei's Gallery in Kahakuloa, Karen Lei's Gallery in Ka'anapali, Kaukini Gallery in Kahakuloa, and Kingwell Island Art in Lahaina. All these locations are on the Island of Maui Maui. McGuire brings hands-on experience to her art. Her childhood years were spent shadowing her mother who is a fine art oil and watercolor artist and...