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Updated 2/7/08
Island Paintings of the World
Elin Pendleton has traveled throughout the world, beginning with a sea voyage of five months when she was 19. Living in Europe and returning to paint favorite locations has been a wonderful part of her life. Here are paintings from those trips. All paintings are unframed, unless otherwise noted.
The Greek Islands
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"Greek Idyll" An eight by ten inch oil painting with the lyrical brushwork and color that solidly depicts the feel and moisture of water and reflections in this image from the Greek Islands. $325
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"Solo Red and Blue" In the Greek Islands, the houses are white, (reflected in the water), and the boats are every color of the rainbow! Original oil on canvas, 9 x 12 inches, US $300. Contact Elin about this painting. |
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"Colorful Greek Harbor" The reflections in the water and the many boats depicted with loose brushwork in the background make this 9 x 12 original oil easy on the eyes and a joy. US $250 from the artist. |
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"Greek Harbor Morning" With anchors dropped and bows secured, these Greek fishing boats are resting befor the next outing into the Medditerranean Sea. Orignal oil on panel, 12 x 16 inches, US $ 350 from the artist. |
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"Sifnos Morning Fisherman" While traveling in the Greek Islands, Elin took seventeen rolls of images, later to be turned into paintings (after all, she WAS on her honeymoon!). Here's one, that when entered into a museum show, took second overall. Original oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches. US $750. Contact the artist. |
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The Hawaiian Islands
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Last night's voyage around to where Kilauea volcano has been pouring hot magma into the sea was spectacular to see, but impossible to photograph. Our ship came right by the glowing excitement, with steam and erratic currents, but we couldn't photograph it, not with our digital camera anyway. So I looked and looked, and then looked some more, and painted this 9 x 12 canvas this afternoon from the visual memory of the heat, color and steam. It is an acrylic, for sale for $200.
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"West Shore of Maui" My husband and I spent a week in Hawaii and of course I took my paints! This is the first painting, done on the evening of our first night on Maui. We stayed in a private residence, and this is just north of Little Beach. Original acrylic on canvas, mounted on board, 9 x 12 inches, US $220 from the artist. |
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"Final Goodbyes" Original acrylic, 9 x 12, not for sale.
A long day, full of emotional content, and I don't know if I ought to try to contain it all in an email. However, perhaps the painting will give you a greater gift than my words tonight.
Today's painting is the culmination of the reason for this trip to Hawai'i, Diamond Head in the late afternoon light, from the ocean side--not the "usual view" from Waikiki. It is approximately here that we dropped our parents' ashes, and said our final goodbyes. Diamond Head remained in shadow until we were well toward her, and then for the entire time we were releasing Mom and Pop's ashes, the sun shown brilliantly on her flanks. The rainbow followed the mountains all the way from the harbor, and stopped just where you see it in this painting. After we began our journey back, Diamond Head again went into shadow, as if to say, "I welcome them to me, they are mine now--you can go with comfort."
More amazement for us when we arrived to get on the catamaran--the one we were scheduled to take had "sudden engine trouble" and so we were upgraded to the one that carries 40 people at the last minute. Truly amazing. The service was short, with each of us putting 1/3 of the mixed ashes of both parents into the water. Then we scattered flowers and I read this modified poem:
Do not see the ocean and cry; We are not there. We do not die.
We will be the trade winds that blow. We will be the ocean waves below. We will be in Hawai’i’s rain.
And because of you, we are home again.
So when you go on with smiling faces, far away, in other places
You’ll think of this moment when you unpack,
But know this now--You’ve brought us back.
Please do not stand here and cry, we are not here, it is not goodbye.
I have to say, I have this feeling of great tiredness, yet a lifting of my spirit today, for the burden of being caretaker for their corporeal remains has been lifted from my shoulders now. Tomorrow I spend the day on a ranch on on the windward side, for some much needed horse time.
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"Rain Forest" I guess I'm not mentally back yet from Hawaii, as the images that percolate to the surface continue to reflect that recent trip. This is an acrylic on textured board that reflects the moisture and diffused light of the trail by the lava tube in Vocanoes Naitonal Park. I took a picture of my sister and her husband walking on the path, and thought about including them. But then the idea that we all walk paths that take us to different destinations came to mind, and I left the figures out. Perhaps they have already gone on. Original acrylic, 12 x 9. $200
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"Io Valley, Maui" We came up the valley because my mother, who lived in the Territory of Hawaii before and during WWII would talk about how beautiful it is. I painted the mists and the translucent light from the beautiful park just below the entrance. Original acrylic on canvas, mounted on board, 12 x 12 inches, US $ 275 from the artist. |
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"Ti Plant, Hawaii's Native" On a drive around the massive shoulders of Haleakela, we stopped for a lunch by this lovely waterfall. The light of the Islands is gorgeous, and one can almost feel the kiss of the moist tropical air. Original acrylic on canvas, mounted on board, 16 x 12 inches, US $395 from the artist. |
Sold Paintings of the World
 Mykonos Harbor, 24 x 24 inches, original oil.
 Returning Home, 18 x 24 inch original oil.
 Paros, Three Boats, Original oil 18 x 24 inches.
 Mykonos Harbor Morning, Original oil, 24 x 36 inches.
 Paros Harbor, Original oil, 24 x 24 inches
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