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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!
 
Liliuokolani Gardens Condos: 300 Wai Nani Way, Waikiki
 
Ordered by Architects Hawaii (the largest archietectual firm in Hawaii at the time) and the developers (Haseko Development Company) the two 50' oil canvas paintings of "Hawaiian Reef" decorate each lobby of the King and Queen towers at this Waikiki site. First created for the building in 1983-84, the "Hawaiian Reef" paintings have become an increasingly popular theme for this artist, who was chosen specifically for his ability to convey the feelings of quintessential reef and Hawaiian water experiences. (More of this genre of work can be seen in the Reef Collection of this web site). Architects Hawaii specified mural size work like Claude Monet’s Water Lily Series but of Hawaiian water. By excluding the horizon, the work became a more “modern” format. These friezes connect the elevator hallway to the open lobby areas of each tower. The King Tower mural is of just water and reef. While the Queen Tower mural, which bends and connects to area beyond the elevators, depicts deep, “beyond the reef” waters, to reef, then to brackish waters within a lagoon. There is also a round painting in the Queen Tower lobby titled “Pali Tondo” and a stone sculpture drinking fountain in the King Tower. Both of these pieces have spawned other subsequent progenies: the Koolau Pali” painted 20 years later for the Waikiki Banyan , a neighboring lobby site, and the Trailmarker Project.
Harbor Village Condominium: 901 River Street, Honolulu
 
Ordered by Architects Hawaii (the largest archietectual firm in Hawaii at the time) and the developers (Haseko Development Company) the two 50' oil canvas paintings of "Hawaiian Reef" decorate each lobby of the King and Queen towers at this Waikiki site. First created for the building in 1983-84, the "Hawaiian Reef" paintings have become an increasingly popular theme for this artist, who was chosen specifically for his ability to convey the feelings of quintessential reef and Hawaiian water experiences. (More of this genre of work can be seen in the Reef Collection of this web site). Architects Hawaii specified mural size work like Claude Monet’s Water Lily Series but of Hawaiian water. By excluding the horizon, the work became a more “modern” format. These friezes connect the elevator hallway to the open lobby areas of each tower. The King Tower mural is of just water and reef. While the Queen Tower mural, which bends and connects to area beyond the elevators, depicts deep, “beyond the reef” waters, to reef, then to brackish waters within a lagoon. There is also a round painting in the Queen Tower lobby titled “Pali Tondo” and a stone sculpture drinking fountain in the King Tower. Both of these pieces have spawned other subsequent progenies: the Koolau Pali” painted 20 years later for the Waikiki Banyan , a neighboring lobby site, and the Trailmarker Project.
KAHALA2 Kawasaki, Japan
Our client in Japan asked us to paint a hala tree for their private residence building in Kawaskai Japan. They are a big fan of the "Reef Series" artwork. See the "Reef Collection" in this website to see of the "Reef Series" artwork they also commissioned.
 
Commodore Condominium: 555 Hahaione Street, 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).
Hitlon Waikoloa: 69-425 Waikoloa Beach Drive, 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.
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