Bill Braden's Work - Public Commissions and Displays                                        (Page 1 of 5)

Leilei’s:
57-091 Kamehameha Hwy., Kahuku

Located next to the Turtle Bay Resort Golf Club House, Leilei’s Bar and Restaurant is the artist’s favorite showplace. The lease arrangement for his artwork allows him to sell and replace work on the walls.

Even though there are no prices or sales information posted, he regularly gets inquiries for painting commissions. Is this due to the conducive atmosphere of gazing at artwork while eating good food, near the golf course?

 

Waikiki Banyan: 201 Ohua Avenue, Waikiki

Commissioned by the owners association and specified by the designers, the 5’ by 20’, 5’ by 15’ and 5’ by 5’ oil on canvases that decorate the open lobby and are part of the retro renovation concept to bring back the elegance of old Waikiki. The 20’ canvas depicts Royal Helumoa Coconut Grove based on state archive photo from 1870. The painting consists of 10,000 coconut trees!

 

The 15’ canvas shows the Koolau Pali with imagainary waterfalls (right); it is located next to a decorative waterfall feature in the lobby. The 5’ painting of Paokalani, Queen Liliuokalani’s Waikiki summer residence (above), is to commemorate the Waikiki Banyan site where the depicted structure once stood.

 

 

 

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