Detail: Living and working out of their studios in Holualoa on the Big Island of Hawaii, Hiroki and Setsuko and their daughter Miho create work that is continuously inspired by each other and by their island surroundings. The range of work planned for this exhibition includes prints, sculptures, drawings, paintings and ceramics. The Morinoues were instrumental in founding the Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture, a non-profit organization that offers educational and cultural activities for their community.
Hiroki Morinoue spent time in Japan studying with a Master woodblock printer. The skills he acquired while there are evident in his direct, elegant and fluid woodcuts and monoprints. In all of his painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics and prints there is a compelling sense of place; he is a patient observer of nature, its rhythms, cycles and patterns and these observations become poetic images in his work. Setsuko works not only with clay, but has also extended her field of creative works through mixed media in painting, printmaking and sculpture. Miho Morinoue's The Cove is a tour de force of drawing and imagination. Taking nearly a year to complete the drawing while touring with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, it incorporates portraits of friends and family, Japanese mythology and Hawaiian settings.