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

Hilton Waikoloa:
69-425 Waikoloa Beach Dr., Kohala, Hawaii

We believe that at 14’ by 22’, this is the largest stretched canvas painting in the state of Hawaii. Bill was contracted by Art Group International of Santa Monica California for this work in 1988.

Harbor Village Condominium:
901 River Stret, Honolulu

Back in Mayor Fasi’s administration, the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts’ had a director, Elaine Murphy, who was an artist as well as a civil servant. She made sure the city complied with the legal mandate that ½% of construction costs of City projects be spent on public art. She even went as far as to make sure the art selection process included the very best possible.

Calls for artists and proposals went nationwide for art to decorate the lobby of Harbor Village, a city owned and built apartment building. In 1990, Bill was selected from over 200 applicants to paint these works titled “The Best Beaches of Hawaii.” He was also a semi finalist on two other city projects, but those projects were cancelled before the finalists were chosen. Even the “Best Beaches of Hawaii” project was to be cancelled due to some kind of bureaucratic political fiasco during a mayoral transition.

Bill was able to prevail with politicking and perseverance. On a more artistic note, the selection of which beaches would represent the “Best Beaches of Hawaii” was made by the Art Commissioners of the City and County of Honolulu. Mr. David Stringer, the architect of Harbor Village and Chairman of the Commission designed the concept to create windows with the paintings in an otherwise windowless lobby.

Commodore Condominium:
555 Hahaione st., Hawaii Kai

This is an arched canvas triptych- one arch and two hinged half-arches. It depicts a view of Lanikai beach from behind young coconut palms and sea grape trees. (9’ width 4.5’ height)

Fleet Street Graphics:

The owner of this business creates huge graphics for sides of buses and other commercial purposes (billboards are illegal in Hawaii). He chose the “Hanauma Bay from “The Best Beaches of Hawaii” series for their office, to showcase their abilities.

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