A Tale of Two Homes
Welcome to my current body of work, A Tale of Two Homes. This work is inspired by my childhood home and the home I have amongst my girlfriend, Tiana Nanayo Ku’uleialoha Honda, my family/friends, and myself. At the end of 2023 and beginning of 2024, I went on my very first ever airplane flight to visit Tiana’s home of Hilo, Hawai’i. It deeply inspired me, and I faced a fear I have had for a long time.
This year (2024) is going to be full of change. It is nothing new, for change is inevitable, but there has been a lot going on and I simply cannot ignore it. This work is an homage to the home I had in Garden City and to all the future homes I build with the ones I love.
“To all the years we spent
to all the joy we had
in our golden home"
Take Flight, oil on canvas, guitar and vocal, approximately 5’ x 4’, 2024
Safe Passage, watercolor on paper, linocut on paper, guitar and vocal, 2024
Somewhere Beacon, watercolor on paper, ukulele instrumental, 6” x 9”, 2024
Floating Volcano, watercolor and graphite on yupo, twelve-string guitar instrumental, 9” x 12”, 2024
Green Bottle Time, gouache on paper, twelve-string guitar instrumental, 12” x 16”, 2024