I have been teaching at five different schools for a combined total of nearly 18 years . Helping students find the potential they didn’t realize they had is one of the greatest joys in life. I love seeing students do work that is even better than they ever thought they could do. I am nearly as proud of the great work my students have created as I am of my own.
Working at Windward Community College has given me the opportunity to work with students of every skill level imaginable. Some of my students have had no previous experience while others are masters of the craft. This strange and beautiful piece by Chris Edwards was made with impeccable craftsmanship.
I try to instill a strong work ethic in my students. As I encourage my students to patiently spend the time it takes to to do their best, I see them create pieces that exceed their expectations. Gus Ahn spent hours getting those scales to look right and it was well worth the effort!
This is a drawing by Emma Moore. She worked at an aquarium as a high school student. This is a self portrait of her working with a seal.
I have been blessed to be able to teach college classes to high school aged students through the Early College program at WCC. This is a picture of Min Yi who was only 15 when she did this drawing. She and her class mates showed that younger students are capable of doing some pretty amazing work.
Forrest Leonard won an award at the Raku Ho’olauloa art show for this piece. He is now a graduate student enrolled in the MFA program at UH-M.
This amazing vase was patiently and skillfully crafted by Stephan Ogasahara. Stephan is working on a PHD in clinical psychology and is planning on incorporating art therapy into his practice when he finishes.
This is a drawing done by a BYU-H student named Sarah Kawaguchi. Her attention to detail and light in this piece is really fun.
I love teaching drawing. This large charcoal piece was done by one of my BYU-H students.
This fun birthday cake sculpture was made by Linda Hess. She has only been taking ceramics for a little over a year and she is already showing work in galleries. I see bright things in her future.
This is a picture of one of my high school students named Amanda Tanigawa next to a multimedia piece she did in an art 101 class she took from me. She had several pieces that she did in my classes selected to be displayed in shows.
The pictures above and to the left are of Devon Galios. He was an Early College student of mine at Castle High School. He didn’t think he had a talent for drawing or working with clay but he had work in each medium accepted into art shows. He won an award for the clay mask he made.
This is a large clay sculpture that Emily Takahashi did for a commission that she was awarded by the Volcanoes National Park Gallery on the Big Island. Emily has had work accepted into several shows and has pieces that were bought by the sate art foundation to be a part of their collection.
