United States
Acrylic on board
Height 20" Width 16" (50.8 x 40.6 cm); with frame Height 25" Width 21" (63.5 x 53.3 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Honolulu, HI
This acrylic on board portrait by Diana Hansen Young depicts a young boy of Samoan, Hawaiian, and Chinese descent, draped in a maile and blossom lei over a white shirt. Hansen Young is known for stylized figurative work rooted in Hawaii, and here she gives the sitter large dark eyes and softly modeled features against a warm neutral ground. The mixed heritage named in the title reflects the blended island community that has long been a subject of her painting.
The composition balances the boy's calm, direct gaze with the loose greenery of the lei that frames his shoulders. Warm earth tones dominate the palette, set off by the crisp white of the shirt and the orange blossoms threaded through the foliage. Presented in a dark wood frame, the work is a signed original that carries the artist's characteristic tenderness toward her young Hawaiian subjects.
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United States
Acrylic on board
Height 20" Width 16" (50.8 x 40.6 cm); with frame Height 25" Width 21" (63.5 x 53.3 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Honolulu, HI
This acrylic on board portrait by Diana Hansen Young depicts a young boy of Samoan, Hawaiian, and Chinese descent, draped in a maile and blossom lei over a white shirt. Hansen Young is known for stylized figurative work rooted in Hawaii, and here she gives the sitter large dark eyes and softly modeled features against a warm neutral ground. The mixed heritage named in the title reflects the blended island community that has long been a subject of her painting.
The composition balances the boy's calm, direct gaze with the loose greenery of the lei that frames his shoulders. Warm earth tones dominate the palette, set off by the crisp white of the shirt and the orange blossoms threaded through the foliage. Presented in a dark wood frame, the work is a signed original that carries the artist's characteristic tenderness toward her young Hawaiian subjects.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
