FOR
THOSE ART COLLECTORS WHO HAVE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF VISITING
THE
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, FIND THAT SOME HAWAIIAN ARTISTS HAVE CAPTURED THE
ENCHANTMENT THAT ONE BEHOLDS GAZING INTO THE SUNSET OR THE SEA
OR BOTH
TOGETHER.
LASSEN'S "HAWAIIAN SEASCAPE" IS PERHAPS HIS MOST FAMOUS PAINTING, BASED ON GOOGLE SEARCH AND IMAGES AND YAHOO SEARCH AND IMAGES AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING! I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF NOT ONLY
VISITING HAWAII, BUT OF
ATTENDING LASSEN'S OFFICIAL DEBUT AS A NEW NAME ON THE ART SCENE AT
THE CENTER ART
GALLERY IN HONOLULU, HAWAII IN 1976.
AS I RECALL, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 15 NEW WORKS FOR SALE AT
THE SHOW AND AS
LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, I WAS THERE THE FIRST DAY SO I HAD
THE "PICK OF THE LITTER," SO TO SPEAK. I FELT THAT I CHOSE THE
BEST
PAINTING --- WHICH WAS "HAWAIIAN SEASCAPE."
AS THEY SAY, THE REST IS HISTORY. LASSEN HAS GONE ON TO
BECOME
PERHAPS THE LEADING HAWAIIAN ARTIST IN CONTEMPORARY TIMES. "HAWAIIAN
SEASCAPE" MEASURES 20" X 18" AND IS AN OIL ON
PANEL, IN EXCELLENT
CONDITION, AND NOW HANGS IN HAWAII.
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