  - How Hawaii Was Made Safe (Part 4) Kenneth Grzesik's Page
The final segment in the legend of the goddess Hi'iaka and her companions. Now the trail was even harder to follow than before for the storm had uprooted trees and scattered vines. Tired and hot, the young women suddenly found themselves at the top of a cliff overlooking the sea. "Here the trail is broken," the serving women said. "Part has fallen ...
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 - How Hawaii Was Made Safe (part 3) Kenneth Grzesik's Page
Hi'iaka and her companions face Pana'ewa the great mo'o of the forest. "What danger?" asked Hi'iaka. "Shall we trip on vines or fallen logs?" "Must we wade rocky streams?" "This beautiful forest belongs to Pana'ewa the great mo'o." The girls looked anxiously toward the forest and voices were full of fear. "If anyone dares to enter, the servants of ...
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 - How Hawaii Was Made Safe (part 2) Kenneth Grzesik's Page
A continuation of the legend of Hi'iaka and her quest to rid the island of Hawaii from the evil beings that ruled the island. "Alone?" asked Hi'iaka again. "It is no fun to talk to my shadow. It doesen't answer. Then Pele called her own serving woman. "Go with my sister," she commanded and turned again to tend her fires. The two journeyed. Hi'iaka ...
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 - How Hawaii Was Made Safe (part one) Kenneth Grzesik's Page
From "Pele and Hi'iaka" by Emerson "Legends of the Volcanoes" by Westervelt Collected or suggested by Mary Kawena Pukui Retold by Caroline Curtis in "Pikoi and Other Legends of the Island of Hawaii" published by Kamahameha Schools in 1949. Hi'iaka was Pele's younger sister. She was beautiful and brave and Pele loved her dearly. But Hi'iaka was diff...
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 - I just created a new domain name for my website where a personal vision of art is presented in the spirit of aloha. The domain name www.IkeAloha.com is a combination of two Hawaiian words. The first is ike. According to The Hawaiian Dictionary on www.wehewehe.org it is a word of many meanings. Here are some of them. 1. nvt . To see, know, feel, gre...
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 - From a remote Anahola studio in Kauai, Hawaii comes vivid pastel images inspired by life experiences on a beautiful island. Over the next few weeks I will be adding new images to my gallery. These were created between the years 2000 and 2004. Many of these works are available for the first time. I would advise checking back often as the addition of...
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 - Aloha Welcome to a collection of images that are based on my experiences on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. It is my belief That art is life as life is art. To a large degree both are what we make of them. Having chosen to take a positive approach to both I have found both beauty and happiness. These life elements have been instilled into my art...
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 - For the next several weeks I will be downloading freshly edited imagery onto my ArtsCad portfolio. The concept is to go beyond the purely representational into a realm of visual expression where photography adopts the qualities of fine painting. Concept, composition, color and texture are digitally fused to produce new and unique visual experiences...
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 - IMAGES FROM THE GREEN SHACK I've recently re-edited and I am currently downloading images from "the green shack period" onto my ArtsCad gallery. These are soft pastels and a few paintings that were created during a four year period when I spent a good deal of time living and making art in a small green shack. It is located on the property of a frie...
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