More Inspiration from the Islands.....

While on Maui we walked around for inspiration and color and creativity and this is what I found....Louie Vuitton has awesome windows and I am sure purses...not that I could ever afford one....I didn't bother going inside...

I later figured out that these dots were inspired by a Japanese woman who lives in a mental facility and paints....she has sold many paintings for thousands and thousands of dollars...she wears polka dot clothes and she wears pink wigs....very "out there"-I love her stuff!

Is it any wonder she lives in a mental facility? Yikes...I love pattern but. This lady Yayoi Kusama is very talented but in the 60's she painted dots on naked bodies and alot of people remember that and don't like her. I think her stuff is quite wonderful really and would love to watch her. She is alot older now and off the idea of painting boides...why would ANYONE want to do this? I like art on something that can last...otherwise why do it? The stuff that is done to last one day is mostly junk (in my opinion and as I said to a professor "I am not interested in what people of the opposite view think" - I still think art should be uplifting and not shocking. Otherwise, why bother?

 

 

Ok, back to Hawaii

This is a beautiful fountain outside our door at Aina Nalu.....it doesn't like like much here but in person it is quite wonderful....we stopped there everyday....

Loved this sailor...

Mark loved this palm tree. and me too...isn't it something and look how the colors include lavendar...the colors there are amazing...

I took a photo because I love that board in the back...I bought three children's t-shirts and something else...yikes....Isn't this girl pretty? They all are there....

If I lived there I could imagine trying to make a lamp like this...or I guess if I lived there it would be because I won the lotto and I could buy this....

Here we are at the beach and we ordered sweet potato fries and ice tea...I felt like a millionare....So beautiful and peaceful....

Had this fruit in the refrig for snacks...so good and fresh!

The best fried rice you would ever have! We took it home and it lasted three more days....

Macadamia pancakes...I think there was pineapple in there too....

A hawaiian styple salad...delicious

Mark plays golf, I quilt back at the condo

Golf coarses are beautiful

We had lunch here several times...BEAUTIFUL beach here!

People watching the sun as it went down in Lahaina

Mark deep in thought before breakfast- it is around 7:30 am...but then he gets his food

The best radio station _all Hawaiian and fun to listen to

The absolute best ice cream you could ever ever eat

Shave ice with creamcycle syrup, root beer and pineapple...down in the bottom is macadamia nut ice cream....we only did this twice but I would have done it more if I knew it wasn't so many calories...luckily we did tons of walking....

Love the image of surfboards and color...

Inspiring and fun and being in a new environment always makes for more quilt ideas and better creativity....

Now I am off to Huntsville Alabama and then Memphis Tennesssee-stay tuned for more photos....and Check out my other blog which has a new template and stories and photos of my trip to Medford Oregon and Ashland....Marylouweidman.blogspot.com