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Oh where to start…

2024 kicked my ass. I had some really major wins, exciting opportunities, and lots ot murals but I worked way too much and I completely shut down from burn out.

2025 was the year I took a step back. I was less aggressive with work. I rested a bunch (and cried a bunch). Started focusing on my health and my happiness. It was good and bad. While I focused on myself, my business became—-unfocused. But I also learned to be okay with that.
(May this carousel act as proof that social media isn’t real. I was literally falling apart through all of it)

When I started my business in 2018, I was on welfare and struggling to feed my kids. Punky Aloha started out of desperation and survival. That’s not exactly a healthy mindset to stay in, but it’s the hardest one to leave behind when it’s what you’re most familiar with.

This year felt unsteady and I almost wanted to give up. Running a business is extremely hard. It’s an unpredictable emotional roller coaster. One moment you are so excited to create, ready to take over the world, the next you’re questioning whether or not you even want to make art at all. When you make your life’s passion your job…it becomes just that. A job. I’ve struggled to navigate that reality.

I let 2025 teach me how to love the process of making art again. To appreciate it again. To be hungry; not starving. I needed to pause and really ask myself what I wanted from this art life and could I still achieve it without sacrificing the important things.

It took me a full year of reflection to feel ready to keep moving. I don’t have any real answers but I am making some commitments to myself.

I’m committed to leaning in, fully, to the things I’ve always been to afraid to lean into.
I’m entering into spaces I was too afraid to admit I wanted to be in and I’m putting creativity back at the forefront.

I can’t express to you all just how much each and every one of you mean to me. Your messages to me of encouragement have helped me navigate the unpredictability of this path, and I am grateful beyond words for your support and aloha over the years.

Let’s get it in 2026.

Afraid, unsteady, but still unstoppable.

Oh where to start…

2024 kicked my ass. I had some really major wins, exciting opportunities, and lots ot murals but I worked way too much and I completely shut down from burn out.

2025 was the year I took a step back. I was less aggressive with work. I rested a bunch (and cried a bunch). Started focusing on my health and my happiness. It was good and bad. While I focused on myself, my business became—-unfocused. But I also learned to be okay with that.
(May this carousel act as proof that social media isn’t real. I was literally falling apart through all of it)

When I started my business in 2018, I was on welfare and struggling to feed my kids. Punky Aloha started out of desperation and survival. That’s not exactly a healthy mindset to stay in, but it’s the hardest one to leave behind when it’s what you’re most familiar with.

This year felt unsteady and I almost wanted to give up. Running a business is extremely hard. It’s an unpredictable emotional roller coaster. One moment you are so excited to create, ready to take over the world, the next you’re questioning whether or not you even want to make art at all. When you make your life’s passion your job…it becomes just that. A job. I’ve struggled to navigate that reality.

I let 2025 teach me how to love the process of making art again. To appreciate it again. To be hungry; not starving. I needed to pause and really ask myself what I wanted from this art life and could I still achieve it without sacrificing the important things.

It took me a full year of reflection to feel ready to keep moving. I don’t have any real answers but I am making some commitments to myself.

I’m committed to leaning in, fully, to the things I’ve always been to afraid to lean into.
I’m entering into spaces I was too afraid to admit I wanted to be in and I’m putting creativity back at the forefront.

I can’t express to you all just how much each and every one of you mean to me. Your messages to me of encouragement have helped me navigate the unpredictability of this path, and I am grateful beyond words for your support and aloha over the years.

Let’s get it in 2026.

Afraid, unsteady, but still unstoppable.

Oh where to start…

2024 kicked my ass. I had some really major wins, exciting opportunities, and lots ot murals but I worked way too much and I completely shut down from burn out.

2025 was the year I took a step back. I was less aggressive with work. I rested a bunch (and cried a bunch). Started focusing on my health and my happiness. It was good and bad. While I focused on myself, my business became—-unfocused. But I also learned to be okay with that.
(May this carousel act as proof that social media isn’t real. I was literally falling apart through all of it)

When I started my business in 2018, I was on welfare and struggling to feed my kids. Punky Aloha started out of desperation and survival. That’s not exactly a healthy mindset to stay in, but it’s the hardest one to leave behind when it’s what you’re most familiar with.

This year felt unsteady and I almost wanted to give up. Running a business is extremely hard. It’s an unpredictable emotional roller coaster. One moment you are so excited to create, ready to take over the world, the next you’re questioning whether or not you even want to make art at all. When you make your life’s passion your job…it becomes just that. A job. I’ve struggled to navigate that reality.

I let 2025 teach me how to love the process of making art again. To appreciate it again. To be hungry; not starving. I needed to pause and really ask myself what I wanted from this art life and could I still achieve it without sacrificing the important things.

It took me a full year of reflection to feel ready to keep moving. I don’t have any real answers but I am making some commitments to myself.

I’m committed to leaning in, fully, to the things I’ve always been to afraid to lean into.
I’m entering into spaces I was too afraid to admit I wanted to be in and I’m putting creativity back at the forefront.

I can’t express to you all just how much each and every one of you mean to me. Your messages to me of encouragement have helped me navigate the unpredictability of this path, and I am grateful beyond words for your support and aloha over the years.

Let’s get it in 2026.

Afraid, unsteady, but still unstoppable.

Oh where to start…

2024 kicked my ass. I had some really major wins, exciting opportunities, and lots ot murals but I worked way too much and I completely shut down from burn out.

2025 was the year I took a step back. I was less aggressive with work. I rested a bunch (and cried a bunch). Started focusing on my health and my happiness. It was good and bad. While I focused on myself, my business became—-unfocused. But I also learned to be okay with that.
(May this carousel act as proof that social media isn’t real. I was literally falling apart through all of it)

When I started my business in 2018, I was on welfare and struggling to feed my kids. Punky Aloha started out of desperation and survival. That’s not exactly a healthy mindset to stay in, but it’s the hardest one to leave behind when it’s what you’re most familiar with.

This year felt unsteady and I almost wanted to give up. Running a business is extremely hard. It’s an unpredictable emotional roller coaster. One moment you are so excited to create, ready to take over the world, the next you’re questioning whether or not you even want to make art at all. When you make your life’s passion your job…it becomes just that. A job. I’ve struggled to navigate that reality.

I let 2025 teach me how to love the process of making art again. To appreciate it again. To be hungry; not starving. I needed to pause and really ask myself what I wanted from this art life and could I still achieve it without sacrificing the important things.

It took me a full year of reflection to feel ready to keep moving. I don’t have any real answers but I am making some commitments to myself.

I’m committed to leaning in, fully, to the things I’ve always been to afraid to lean into.
I’m entering into spaces I was too afraid to admit I wanted to be in and I’m putting creativity back at the forefront.

I can’t express to you all just how much each and every one of you mean to me. Your messages to me of encouragement have helped me navigate the unpredictability of this path, and I am grateful beyond words for your support and aloha over the years.

Let’s get it in 2026.

Afraid, unsteady, but still unstoppable.

Oh where to start…

2024 kicked my ass. I had some really major wins, exciting opportunities, and lots ot murals but I worked way too much and I completely shut down from burn out.

2025 was the year I took a step back. I was less aggressive with work. I rested a bunch (and cried a bunch). Started focusing on my health and my happiness. It was good and bad. While I focused on myself, my business became—-unfocused. But I also learned to be okay with that.
(May this carousel act as proof that social media isn’t real. I was literally falling apart through all of it)

When I started my business in 2018, I was on welfare and struggling to feed my kids. Punky Aloha started out of desperation and survival. That’s not exactly a healthy mindset to stay in, but it’s the hardest one to leave behind when it’s what you’re most familiar with.

This year felt unsteady and I almost wanted to give up. Running a business is extremely hard. It’s an unpredictable emotional roller coaster. One moment you are so excited to create, ready to take over the world, the next you’re questioning whether or not you even want to make art at all. When you make your life’s passion your job…it becomes just that. A job. I’ve struggled to navigate that reality.

I let 2025 teach me how to love the process of making art again. To appreciate it again. To be hungry; not starving. I needed to pause and really ask myself what I wanted from this art life and could I still achieve it without sacrificing the important things.

It took me a full year of reflection to feel ready to keep moving. I don’t have any real answers but I am making some commitments to myself.

I’m committed to leaning in, fully, to the things I’ve always been to afraid to lean into.
I’m entering into spaces I was too afraid to admit I wanted to be in and I’m putting creativity back at the forefront.

I can’t express to you all just how much each and every one of you mean to me. Your messages to me of encouragement have helped me navigate the unpredictability of this path, and I am grateful beyond words for your support and aloha over the years.

Let’s get it in 2026.

Afraid, unsteady, but still unstoppable.

Oh where to start…

2024 kicked my ass. I had some really major wins, exciting opportunities, and lots ot murals but I worked way too much and I completely shut down from burn out.

2025 was the year I took a step back. I was less aggressive with work. I rested a bunch (and cried a bunch). Started focusing on my health and my happiness. It was good and bad. While I focused on myself, my business became—-unfocused. But I also learned to be okay with that.
(May this carousel act as proof that social media isn’t real. I was literally falling apart through all of it)

When I started my business in 2018, I was on welfare and struggling to feed my kids. Punky Aloha started out of desperation and survival. That’s not exactly a healthy mindset to stay in, but it’s the hardest one to leave behind when it’s what you’re most familiar with.

This year felt unsteady and I almost wanted to give up. Running a business is extremely hard. It’s an unpredictable emotional roller coaster. One moment you are so excited to create, ready to take over the world, the next you’re questioning whether or not you even want to make art at all. When you make your life’s passion your job…it becomes just that. A job. I’ve struggled to navigate that reality.

I let 2025 teach me how to love the process of making art again. To appreciate it again. To be hungry; not starving. I needed to pause and really ask myself what I wanted from this art life and could I still achieve it without sacrificing the important things.

It took me a full year of reflection to feel ready to keep moving. I don’t have any real answers but I am making some commitments to myself.

I’m committed to leaning in, fully, to the things I’ve always been to afraid to lean into.
I’m entering into spaces I was too afraid to admit I wanted to be in and I’m putting creativity back at the forefront.

I can’t express to you all just how much each and every one of you mean to me. Your messages to me of encouragement have helped me navigate the unpredictability of this path, and I am grateful beyond words for your support and aloha over the years.

Let’s get it in 2026.

Afraid, unsteady, but still unstoppable.

Oh where to start…

2024 kicked my ass. I had some really major wins, exciting opportunities, and lots ot murals but I worked way too much and I completely shut down from burn out.

2025 was the year I took a step back. I was less aggressive with work. I rested a bunch (and cried a bunch). Started focusing on my health and my happiness. It was good and bad. While I focused on myself, my business became—-unfocused. But I also learned to be okay with that.
(May this carousel act as proof that social media isn’t real. I was literally falling apart through all of it)

When I started my business in 2018, I was on welfare and struggling to feed my kids. Punky Aloha started out of desperation and survival. That’s not exactly a healthy mindset to stay in, but it’s the hardest one to leave behind when it’s what you’re most familiar with.

This year felt unsteady and I almost wanted to give up. Running a business is extremely hard. It’s an unpredictable emotional roller coaster. One moment you are so excited to create, ready to take over the world, the next you’re questioning whether or not you even want to make art at all. When you make your life’s passion your job…it becomes just that. A job. I’ve struggled to navigate that reality.

I let 2025 teach me how to love the process of making art again. To appreciate it again. To be hungry; not starving. I needed to pause and really ask myself what I wanted from this art life and could I still achieve it without sacrificing the important things.

It took me a full year of reflection to feel ready to keep moving. I don’t have any real answers but I am making some commitments to myself.

I’m committed to leaning in, fully, to the things I’ve always been to afraid to lean into.
I’m entering into spaces I was too afraid to admit I wanted to be in and I’m putting creativity back at the forefront.

I can’t express to you all just how much each and every one of you mean to me. Your messages to me of encouragement have helped me navigate the unpredictability of this path, and I am grateful beyond words for your support and aloha over the years.

Let’s get it in 2026.

Afraid, unsteady, but still unstoppable.

Oh where to start…

2024 kicked my ass. I had some really major wins, exciting opportunities, and lots ot murals but I worked way too much and I completely shut down from burn out.

2025 was the year I took a step back. I was less aggressive with work. I rested a bunch (and cried a bunch). Started focusing on my health and my happiness. It was good and bad. While I focused on myself, my business became—-unfocused. But I also learned to be okay with that.
(May this carousel act as proof that social media isn’t real. I was literally falling apart through all of it)

When I started my business in 2018, I was on welfare and struggling to feed my kids. Punky Aloha started out of desperation and survival. That’s not exactly a healthy mindset to stay in, but it’s the hardest one to leave behind when it’s what you’re most familiar with.

This year felt unsteady and I almost wanted to give up. Running a business is extremely hard. It’s an unpredictable emotional roller coaster. One moment you are so excited to create, ready to take over the world, the next you’re questioning whether or not you even want to make art at all. When you make your life’s passion your job…it becomes just that. A job. I’ve struggled to navigate that reality.

I let 2025 teach me how to love the process of making art again. To appreciate it again. To be hungry; not starving. I needed to pause and really ask myself what I wanted from this art life and could I still achieve it without sacrificing the important things.

It took me a full year of reflection to feel ready to keep moving. I don’t have any real answers but I am making some commitments to myself.

I’m committed to leaning in, fully, to the things I’ve always been to afraid to lean into.
I’m entering into spaces I was too afraid to admit I wanted to be in and I’m putting creativity back at the forefront.

I can’t express to you all just how much each and every one of you mean to me. Your messages to me of encouragement have helped me navigate the unpredictability of this path, and I am grateful beyond words for your support and aloha over the years.

Let’s get it in 2026.

Afraid, unsteady, but still unstoppable.

Oh where to start…

2024 kicked my ass. I had some really major wins, exciting opportunities, and lots ot murals but I worked way too much and I completely shut down from burn out.

2025 was the year I took a step back. I was less aggressive with work. I rested a bunch (and cried a bunch). Started focusing on my health and my happiness. It was good and bad. While I focused on myself, my business became—-unfocused. But I also learned to be okay with that.
(May this carousel act as proof that social media isn’t real. I was literally falling apart through all of it)

When I started my business in 2018, I was on welfare and struggling to feed my kids. Punky Aloha started out of desperation and survival. That’s not exactly a healthy mindset to stay in, but it’s the hardest one to leave behind when it’s what you’re most familiar with.

This year felt unsteady and I almost wanted to give up. Running a business is extremely hard. It’s an unpredictable emotional roller coaster. One moment you are so excited to create, ready to take over the world, the next you’re questioning whether or not you even want to make art at all. When you make your life’s passion your job…it becomes just that. A job. I’ve struggled to navigate that reality.

I let 2025 teach me how to love the process of making art again. To appreciate it again. To be hungry; not starving. I needed to pause and really ask myself what I wanted from this art life and could I still achieve it without sacrificing the important things.

It took me a full year of reflection to feel ready to keep moving. I don’t have any real answers but I am making some commitments to myself.

I’m committed to leaning in, fully, to the things I’ve always been to afraid to lean into.
I’m entering into spaces I was too afraid to admit I wanted to be in and I’m putting creativity back at the forefront.

I can’t express to you all just how much each and every one of you mean to me. Your messages to me of encouragement have helped me navigate the unpredictability of this path, and I am grateful beyond words for your support and aloha over the years.

Let’s get it in 2026.

Afraid, unsteady, but still unstoppable.

Oh where to start…

2024 kicked my ass. I had some really major wins, exciting opportunities, and lots ot murals but I worked way too much and I completely shut down from burn out.

2025 was the year I took a step back. I was less aggressive with work. I rested a bunch (and cried a bunch). Started focusing on my health and my happiness. It was good and bad. While I focused on myself, my business became—-unfocused. But I also learned to be okay with that.
(May this carousel act as proof that social media isn’t real. I was literally falling apart through all of it)

When I started my business in 2018, I was on welfare and struggling to feed my kids. Punky Aloha started out of desperation and survival. That’s not exactly a healthy mindset to stay in, but it’s the hardest one to leave behind when it’s what you’re most familiar with.

This year felt unsteady and I almost wanted to give up. Running a business is extremely hard. It’s an unpredictable emotional roller coaster. One moment you are so excited to create, ready to take over the world, the next you’re questioning whether or not you even want to make art at all. When you make your life’s passion your job…it becomes just that. A job. I’ve struggled to navigate that reality.

I let 2025 teach me how to love the process of making art again. To appreciate it again. To be hungry; not starving. I needed to pause and really ask myself what I wanted from this art life and could I still achieve it without sacrificing the important things.

It took me a full year of reflection to feel ready to keep moving. I don’t have any real answers but I am making some commitments to myself.

I’m committed to leaning in, fully, to the things I’ve always been to afraid to lean into.
I’m entering into spaces I was too afraid to admit I wanted to be in and I’m putting creativity back at the forefront.

I can’t express to you all just how much each and every one of you mean to me. Your messages to me of encouragement have helped me navigate the unpredictability of this path, and I am grateful beyond words for your support and aloha over the years.

Let’s get it in 2026.

Afraid, unsteady, but still unstoppable.

Oh where to start…

2024 kicked my ass. I had some really major wins, exciting opportunities, and lots ot murals but I worked way too much and I completely shut down from burn out.

2025 was the year I took a step back. I was less aggressive with work. I rested a bunch (and cried a bunch). Started focusing on my health and my happiness. It was good and bad. While I focused on myself, my business became—-unfocused. But I also learned to be okay with that.
(May this carousel act as proof that social media isn’t real. I was literally falling apart through all of it)

When I started my business in 2018, I was on welfare and struggling to feed my kids. Punky Aloha started out of desperation and survival. That’s not exactly a healthy mindset to stay in, but it’s the hardest one to leave behind when it’s what you’re most familiar with.

This year felt unsteady and I almost wanted to give up. Running a business is extremely hard. It’s an unpredictable emotional roller coaster. One moment you are so excited to create, ready to take over the world, the next you’re questioning whether or not you even want to make art at all. When you make your life’s passion your job…it becomes just that. A job. I’ve struggled to navigate that reality.

I let 2025 teach me how to love the process of making art again. To appreciate it again. To be hungry; not starving. I needed to pause and really ask myself what I wanted from this art life and could I still achieve it without sacrificing the important things.

It took me a full year of reflection to feel ready to keep moving. I don’t have any real answers but I am making some commitments to myself.

I’m committed to leaning in, fully, to the things I’ve always been to afraid to lean into.
I’m entering into spaces I was too afraid to admit I wanted to be in and I’m putting creativity back at the forefront.

I can’t express to you all just how much each and every one of you mean to me. Your messages to me of encouragement have helped me navigate the unpredictability of this path, and I am grateful beyond words for your support and aloha over the years.

Let’s get it in 2026.

Afraid, unsteady, but still unstoppable.

Oh where to start…

2024 kicked my ass. I had some really major wins, exciting opportunities, and lots ot murals but I worked way too much and I completely shut down from burn out.

2025 was the year I took a step back. I was less aggressive with work. I rested a bunch (and cried a bunch). Started focusing on my health and my happiness. It was good and bad. While I focused on myself, my business became—-unfocused. But I also learned to be okay with that.
(May this carousel act as proof that social media isn’t real. I was literally falling apart through all of it)

When I started my business in 2018, I was on welfare and struggling to feed my kids. Punky Aloha started out of desperation and survival. That’s not exactly a healthy mindset to stay in, but it’s the hardest one to leave behind when it’s what you’re most familiar with.

This year felt unsteady and I almost wanted to give up. Running a business is extremely hard. It’s an unpredictable emotional roller coaster. One moment you are so excited to create, ready to take over the world, the next you’re questioning whether or not you even want to make art at all. When you make your life’s passion your job…it becomes just that. A job. I’ve struggled to navigate that reality.

I let 2025 teach me how to love the process of making art again. To appreciate it again. To be hungry; not starving. I needed to pause and really ask myself what I wanted from this art life and could I still achieve it without sacrificing the important things.

It took me a full year of reflection to feel ready to keep moving. I don’t have any real answers but I am making some commitments to myself.

I’m committed to leaning in, fully, to the things I’ve always been to afraid to lean into.
I’m entering into spaces I was too afraid to admit I wanted to be in and I’m putting creativity back at the forefront.

I can’t express to you all just how much each and every one of you mean to me. Your messages to me of encouragement have helped me navigate the unpredictability of this path, and I am grateful beyond words for your support and aloha over the years.

Let’s get it in 2026.

Afraid, unsteady, but still unstoppable.

A bad bitch will get a mural painted on their home.

But only Da Baddest will get mural of themselves on a unicorn floatie painted on the garage doors of their Makaha mansion.

We’ve been talking about doing this together forever and I’m SO glad it’s finally done. It’s absolutely one of my MOST favorite murals so far and it was such a beautiful and perfect experience.

Luv you @bretmanrock! Mahalo nui for being so supportive and always lifting up our community. You are SO loved for a good reason.

#bretmanrock #dabaddest #mural #processvideo #hawaii #pasifika #hawaiiartist

Once upon a time on an island in the sea, a little girl dreamed she could...

All I have EVER wanted to be is an illustrator. For as long as I can remember, I knew that I wanted to tell stories and illuminate ideas with my art.As I went through life, I created obstacle after obstacle for myself.I made one mistake after another, but I never let go of those dreams.One day I finally decided to get out of my own way and I began to clean up and build the life I had always envisioned for myself...and that took a lot of work (and a lot of time). Sometimes all that hard work pays off in the most unexpected ways.

I’m so grateful to be able to share with you my latest project: My first children’s book!

I was approached last year by editor Luana Horry @louiieee1122 from Harper Collins @harperkids @harpercollins to write and illustrate my first picture book and I am still pinching myself.

It’s so easy for me to get in my head and tell myself that I don’t deserve these things and that I shouldn’t have these successes.I’ve craved to see more Polynesians in mainstream visual spaces since I was a kid. A lot of us have. And because sometimes we feel underrepresented, it’s hard to know how big we can dream.

But I’ve also learned that Polynesians don’t use ceilings to determine their destiny...they use the stars.

Dreams can be big or small. They are the little fires inside us that dare us to accomplish what we don’t even know to be possible yet.
Those little fires are what keeps me from giving up. I want thank each and every one of you for continuing to support me and teaching me every step of the way. Thank you for being on this journey with me.

************************************

“There was once a grown woman, who slipped, and fell on a floor of “doubt” and “could not’s”. When she found the courage to look up, she saw the night sky. And when the stars spoke to her they reminded her of a story...about a
a little Polynesian girl, on an island in the sea, who dreamed she could. “

.........................
Also Mahalo to the amazing Tahiti and Risa for the last minute photoshoot so I could be extra AF.
📸: @tahitihuetter @alohafridayagency
💄: @risa.hoshino

Once upon a time on an island in the sea, a little girl dreamed she could...

All I have EVER wanted to be is an illustrator. For as long as I can remember, I knew that I wanted to tell stories and illuminate ideas with my art.As I went through life, I created obstacle after obstacle for myself.I made one mistake after another, but I never let go of those dreams.One day I finally decided to get out of my own way and I began to clean up and build the life I had always envisioned for myself...and that took a lot of work (and a lot of time). Sometimes all that hard work pays off in the most unexpected ways.

I’m so grateful to be able to share with you my latest project: My first children’s book!

I was approached last year by editor Luana Horry @louiieee1122 from Harper Collins @harperkids @harpercollins to write and illustrate my first picture book and I am still pinching myself.

It’s so easy for me to get in my head and tell myself that I don’t deserve these things and that I shouldn’t have these successes.I’ve craved to see more Polynesians in mainstream visual spaces since I was a kid. A lot of us have. And because sometimes we feel underrepresented, it’s hard to know how big we can dream.

But I’ve also learned that Polynesians don’t use ceilings to determine their destiny...they use the stars.

Dreams can be big or small. They are the little fires inside us that dare us to accomplish what we don’t even know to be possible yet.
Those little fires are what keeps me from giving up. I want thank each and every one of you for continuing to support me and teaching me every step of the way. Thank you for being on this journey with me.

************************************

“There was once a grown woman, who slipped, and fell on a floor of “doubt” and “could not’s”. When she found the courage to look up, she saw the night sky. And when the stars spoke to her they reminded her of a story...about a
a little Polynesian girl, on an island in the sea, who dreamed she could. “

.........................
Also Mahalo to the amazing Tahiti and Risa for the last minute photoshoot so I could be extra AF.
📸: @tahitihuetter @alohafridayagency
💄: @risa.hoshino

Happy Mamas Day! Hau’oli Lā Makuahine!

Being a mother has been the greatest adventure and honorof my life.

To Teisa and Ehukai, my musubi & my bug, thank you for choosing me.

To the mamas and mama figures who show up everyday and keep this show running, I hope you find a moment to drop your shoulders and enjoy your day.

“Mama”
Acrylic and Ngatu on canvas
Thinkspace & Hawaii Walls show at Bishop Museum 2021

Happy Mamas Day! Hau’oli Lā Makuahine!

Being a mother has been the greatest adventure and honorof my life.

To Teisa and Ehukai, my musubi & my bug, thank you for choosing me.

To the mamas and mama figures who show up everyday and keep this show running, I hope you find a moment to drop your shoulders and enjoy your day.

“Mama”
Acrylic and Ngatu on canvas
Thinkspace & Hawaii Walls show at Bishop Museum 2021

Happy Mamas Day! Hau’oli Lā Makuahine!

Being a mother has been the greatest adventure and honorof my life.

To Teisa and Ehukai, my musubi & my bug, thank you for choosing me.

To the mamas and mama figures who show up everyday and keep this show running, I hope you find a moment to drop your shoulders and enjoy your day.

“Mama”
Acrylic and Ngatu on canvas
Thinkspace & Hawaii Walls show at Bishop Museum 2021

Happy Mamas Day! Hau’oli Lā Makuahine!

Being a mother has been the greatest adventure and honorof my life.

To Teisa and Ehukai, my musubi & my bug, thank you for choosing me.

To the mamas and mama figures who show up everyday and keep this show running, I hope you find a moment to drop your shoulders and enjoy your day.

“Mama”
Acrylic and Ngatu on canvas
Thinkspace & Hawaii Walls show at Bishop Museum 2021

Happy Mamas Day! Hau’oli Lā Makuahine!

Being a mother has been the greatest adventure and honorof my life.

To Teisa and Ehukai, my musubi & my bug, thank you for choosing me.

To the mamas and mama figures who show up everyday and keep this show running, I hope you find a moment to drop your shoulders and enjoy your day.

“Mama”
Acrylic and Ngatu on canvas
Thinkspace & Hawaii Walls show at Bishop Museum 2021

Happy Mamas Day! Hau’oli Lā Makuahine!

Being a mother has been the greatest adventure and honorof my life.

To Teisa and Ehukai, my musubi & my bug, thank you for choosing me.

To the mamas and mama figures who show up everyday and keep this show running, I hope you find a moment to drop your shoulders and enjoy your day.

“Mama”
Acrylic and Ngatu on canvas
Thinkspace & Hawaii Walls show at Bishop Museum 2021

Happy Mamas Day! Hau’oli Lā Makuahine!

Being a mother has been the greatest adventure and honorof my life.

To Teisa and Ehukai, my musubi & my bug, thank you for choosing me.

To the mamas and mama figures who show up everyday and keep this show running, I hope you find a moment to drop your shoulders and enjoy your day.

“Mama”
Acrylic and Ngatu on canvas
Thinkspace & Hawaii Walls show at Bishop Museum 2021

Happy Mamas Day! Hau’oli Lā Makuahine!

Being a mother has been the greatest adventure and honorof my life.

To Teisa and Ehukai, my musubi & my bug, thank you for choosing me.

To the mamas and mama figures who show up everyday and keep this show running, I hope you find a moment to drop your shoulders and enjoy your day.

“Mama”
Acrylic and Ngatu on canvas
Thinkspace & Hawaii Walls show at Bishop Museum 2021

Happy Mamas Day! Hau’oli Lā Makuahine!

Being a mother has been the greatest adventure and honorof my life.

To Teisa and Ehukai, my musubi & my bug, thank you for choosing me.

To the mamas and mama figures who show up everyday and keep this show running, I hope you find a moment to drop your shoulders and enjoy your day.

“Mama”
Acrylic and Ngatu on canvas
Thinkspace & Hawaii Walls show at Bishop Museum 2021

Happy Mamas Day! Hau’oli Lā Makuahine!

Being a mother has been the greatest adventure and honorof my life.

To Teisa and Ehukai, my musubi & my bug, thank you for choosing me.

To the mamas and mama figures who show up everyday and keep this show running, I hope you find a moment to drop your shoulders and enjoy your day.

“Mama”
Acrylic and Ngatu on canvas
Thinkspace & Hawaii Walls show at Bishop Museum 2021

Happy Mamas Day! Hau’oli Lā Makuahine!

Being a mother has been the greatest adventure and honorof my life.

To Teisa and Ehukai, my musubi & my bug, thank you for choosing me.

To the mamas and mama figures who show up everyday and keep this show running, I hope you find a moment to drop your shoulders and enjoy your day.

“Mama”
Acrylic and Ngatu on canvas
Thinkspace & Hawaii Walls show at Bishop Museum 2021

Happy Mamas Day! Hau’oli Lā Makuahine!

Being a mother has been the greatest adventure and honorof my life.

To Teisa and Ehukai, my musubi & my bug, thank you for choosing me.

To the mamas and mama figures who show up everyday and keep this show running, I hope you find a moment to drop your shoulders and enjoy your day.

“Mama”
Acrylic and Ngatu on canvas
Thinkspace & Hawaii Walls show at Bishop Museum 2021

Happy Mamas Day! Hau’oli Lā Makuahine!

Being a mother has been the greatest adventure and honorof my life.

To Teisa and Ehukai, my musubi & my bug, thank you for choosing me.

To the mamas and mama figures who show up everyday and keep this show running, I hope you find a moment to drop your shoulders and enjoy your day.

“Mama”
Acrylic and Ngatu on canvas
Thinkspace & Hawaii Walls show at Bishop Museum 2021

Happy Mamas Day! Hau’oli Lā Makuahine!

Being a mother has been the greatest adventure and honorof my life.

To Teisa and Ehukai, my musubi & my bug, thank you for choosing me.

To the mamas and mama figures who show up everyday and keep this show running, I hope you find a moment to drop your shoulders and enjoy your day.

“Mama”
Acrylic and Ngatu on canvas
Thinkspace & Hawaii Walls show at Bishop Museum 2021

Happy Mamas Day! Hau’oli Lā Makuahine!

Being a mother has been the greatest adventure and honorof my life.

To Teisa and Ehukai, my musubi & my bug, thank you for choosing me.

To the mamas and mama figures who show up everyday and keep this show running, I hope you find a moment to drop your shoulders and enjoy your day.

“Mama”
Acrylic and Ngatu on canvas
Thinkspace & Hawaii Walls show at Bishop Museum 2021

This was a fun one on glass for an amazing space

Sneak peak progress for @liliuokalanicenter Wonderland mural ✨

#hawaii #mural #lettering #punkyaloha #hawaiiartist

Happy Earth Day

Gotta mālama maddah 🌏 and she will mālama us

*artwork for @yoyoma 2022

#earthday #malamaaina #hawaii #punkyaloha

Having big time FOMO for Merrie Monarch this year but so happy I got to make some artwork for my sis @mckennamaduli for her Hula is Life segment on @talkstorynow airing during @merriemonarchfestival 2026

Mahalo for the opportunity tita! Luv u plenty 🫶🏽🫶🏽

#merriemonarch2026 #hawaiiartist #melemanaka #punkyaloha #wahine

Having big time FOMO for Merrie Monarch this year but so happy I got to make some artwork for my sis @mckennamaduli for her Hula is Life segment on @talkstorynow airing during @merriemonarchfestival 2026

Mahalo for the opportunity tita! Luv u plenty 🫶🏽🫶🏽

#merriemonarch2026 #hawaiiartist #melemanaka #punkyaloha #wahine

Having big time FOMO for Merrie Monarch this year but so happy I got to make some artwork for my sis @mckennamaduli for her Hula is Life segment on @talkstorynow airing during @merriemonarchfestival 2026

Mahalo for the opportunity tita! Luv u plenty 🫶🏽🫶🏽

#merriemonarch2026 #hawaiiartist #melemanaka #punkyaloha #wahine

Lil varnish video my newest original (SOLD)

“In Sight”
12”x12”
Acrylic on canvas

On view at @harmanprojects in NYC
In partnership with @thinkspace_art

#varnish #punkyaloha #hawaii #hawaiiartist #painting

The last couple weeks have been a whirlwind and yet it felt like everything stood still.

I recently showed a small piece in New York City for my first time. The night of the opening, the North Shore of Oahu was flooding and I couldn’t focus on anything but home.

Hawaii is RESILIENT and ORGANIZED and I feel so confident in our community work. I’m just grateful to witness it and help where I can.

Anyway, here’s my most recent piece currently in a group show with @thinkspace_art and @harmanprojects on the lower east side of Manhattan. If you’re in the area, pop in and check it out.

Mahalo to EVERYONE who has helped in the recent floods. If you are interested in owning this original, please contact @thinkspace_art

**SOLD**

“In Sight”
12in x 12”
Acrylic on stretched canvas

I’ll be donating my portion of the sale directly to families affected by the floods through the @gofundme spreadsheet organized by @helpmauirise

The last couple weeks have been a whirlwind and yet it felt like everything stood still.

I recently showed a small piece in New York City for my first time. The night of the opening, the North Shore of Oahu was flooding and I couldn’t focus on anything but home.

Hawaii is RESILIENT and ORGANIZED and I feel so confident in our community work. I’m just grateful to witness it and help where I can.

Anyway, here’s my most recent piece currently in a group show with @thinkspace_art and @harmanprojects on the lower east side of Manhattan. If you’re in the area, pop in and check it out.

Mahalo to EVERYONE who has helped in the recent floods. If you are interested in owning this original, please contact @thinkspace_art

**SOLD**

“In Sight”
12in x 12”
Acrylic on stretched canvas

I’ll be donating my portion of the sale directly to families affected by the floods through the @gofundme spreadsheet organized by @helpmauirise

The last couple weeks have been a whirlwind and yet it felt like everything stood still.

I recently showed a small piece in New York City for my first time. The night of the opening, the North Shore of Oahu was flooding and I couldn’t focus on anything but home.

Hawaii is RESILIENT and ORGANIZED and I feel so confident in our community work. I’m just grateful to witness it and help where I can.

Anyway, here’s my most recent piece currently in a group show with @thinkspace_art and @harmanprojects on the lower east side of Manhattan. If you’re in the area, pop in and check it out.

Mahalo to EVERYONE who has helped in the recent floods. If you are interested in owning this original, please contact @thinkspace_art

**SOLD**

“In Sight”
12in x 12”
Acrylic on stretched canvas

I’ll be donating my portion of the sale directly to families affected by the floods through the @gofundme spreadsheet organized by @helpmauirise

The last couple weeks have been a whirlwind and yet it felt like everything stood still.

I recently showed a small piece in New York City for my first time. The night of the opening, the North Shore of Oahu was flooding and I couldn’t focus on anything but home.

Hawaii is RESILIENT and ORGANIZED and I feel so confident in our community work. I’m just grateful to witness it and help where I can.

Anyway, here’s my most recent piece currently in a group show with @thinkspace_art and @harmanprojects on the lower east side of Manhattan. If you’re in the area, pop in and check it out.

Mahalo to EVERYONE who has helped in the recent floods. If you are interested in owning this original, please contact @thinkspace_art

**SOLD**

“In Sight”
12in x 12”
Acrylic on stretched canvas

I’ll be donating my portion of the sale directly to families affected by the floods through the @gofundme spreadsheet organized by @helpmauirise

The last couple weeks have been a whirlwind and yet it felt like everything stood still.

I recently showed a small piece in New York City for my first time. The night of the opening, the North Shore of Oahu was flooding and I couldn’t focus on anything but home.

Hawaii is RESILIENT and ORGANIZED and I feel so confident in our community work. I’m just grateful to witness it and help where I can.

Anyway, here’s my most recent piece currently in a group show with @thinkspace_art and @harmanprojects on the lower east side of Manhattan. If you’re in the area, pop in and check it out.

Mahalo to EVERYONE who has helped in the recent floods. If you are interested in owning this original, please contact @thinkspace_art

**SOLD**

“In Sight”
12in x 12”
Acrylic on stretched canvas

I’ll be donating my portion of the sale directly to families affected by the floods through the @gofundme spreadsheet organized by @helpmauirise

I love my home and right now Hawaii and it’s people are all I can think about.

Several of our islands got hit hard with floods leaving many families devastated.

The community has shown up in the most amazing way.

If you are able to clean, there is so much work to do. If you can assist in organizing at a hub, there is work to do. Donating and sharing are also great ways to help.

Follow accounts like @hhhnewz @jamaicaosorio @joeyaloha_@lahuifoundation @moonkinetingz for updates

Donate to @lahuifoundation
To donate directly to family’s affected follow @kennananananana for more information

Find your local hub and see what the need is.

Other areas outside of the North Shore need our kokua! There’s a beach clean up in Makaha, and families on the west side still needing assistance.

I am not an organizer or a resource, I’m just an artist and a part of this beautiful community in Hawaii who wants to help in anyway I can.

And I assume if you follow me, you love Hawaii too. So please show up for our islands 🫶🏽

Mahalo to everyone out there doing all the incredible work. I’m in awe of you all.

Final shots from my mural in Ōtautahi.

A story of moana connectivity and aina in abundance.

A guided journey led by koholā/tofuaʻa/tohorā 🐋 and a maternal pasifika wahine, being led to feed her people across the Moana, with deliveries of opihi and knowledge.

I created a hundred stories in my mind when I designed this mural and I hope there will hundreds more created by any and all who care to let their mind wander into this piece.

I’m so grateful for this experience in Aotearoa and for all the new stories learned and expressed in this beautiful place in the pacific.

Mahalo, Mālō ʻaupito, Thank you 💙

@flarestreetartfestival@pangeaseed @watchthisspacechch @montanacans @duluxnz

Final shots from my mural in Ōtautahi.

A story of moana connectivity and aina in abundance.

A guided journey led by koholā/tofuaʻa/tohorā 🐋 and a maternal pasifika wahine, being led to feed her people across the Moana, with deliveries of opihi and knowledge.

I created a hundred stories in my mind when I designed this mural and I hope there will hundreds more created by any and all who care to let their mind wander into this piece.

I’m so grateful for this experience in Aotearoa and for all the new stories learned and expressed in this beautiful place in the pacific.

Mahalo, Mālō ʻaupito, Thank you 💙

@flarestreetartfestival@pangeaseed @watchthisspacechch @montanacans @duluxnz

Final shots from my mural in Ōtautahi.

A story of moana connectivity and aina in abundance.

A guided journey led by koholā/tofuaʻa/tohorā 🐋 and a maternal pasifika wahine, being led to feed her people across the Moana, with deliveries of opihi and knowledge.

I created a hundred stories in my mind when I designed this mural and I hope there will hundreds more created by any and all who care to let their mind wander into this piece.

I’m so grateful for this experience in Aotearoa and for all the new stories learned and expressed in this beautiful place in the pacific.

Mahalo, Mālō ʻaupito, Thank you 💙

@flarestreetartfestival@pangeaseed @watchthisspacechch @montanacans @duluxnz

Final shots from my mural in Ōtautahi.

A story of moana connectivity and aina in abundance.

A guided journey led by koholā/tofuaʻa/tohorā 🐋 and a maternal pasifika wahine, being led to feed her people across the Moana, with deliveries of opihi and knowledge.

I created a hundred stories in my mind when I designed this mural and I hope there will hundreds more created by any and all who care to let their mind wander into this piece.

I’m so grateful for this experience in Aotearoa and for all the new stories learned and expressed in this beautiful place in the pacific.

Mahalo, Mālō ʻaupito, Thank you 💙

@flarestreetartfestival@pangeaseed @watchthisspacechch @montanacans @duluxnz

Happy International Women’s Day

I have had the honor of celebrating our beautiful brown women of Oceania over the course of my art career and if I’m lucky I will continue that tradition until I can no longer hold a brush.

To the woman all over the world, together we are an undeniable force and we can do ANYTHING.

#internationalwomensday #wahine #hawaii #women #punkyaloha