The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-02-10
THE PACIFIC
Commercial AOoertlser
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1873
o M FINE PAINTINGS.

Mr.. Edward Furneaux has finished and
placed on exhibition two very fine paintings of
island scenery. The first one, which is at Mr..
Wells music store, presents a view of Dia-
mond Head, strongly illuminated by the after
noon sun, which brings ont the many ravines
with which the side of the crater is scanned.
The whole effect of the picture is very good, the
artist having caught the proper atmospheric
effect, and the tone of the picture is admirable.
The companion picture, that can been seen at
the studio on Hotel street, gives a view of
Palulu Gulch, one of the many wild, secluded
spots on the windward side of Hawaii. The
picture shows the beach and the east side of the
gulch-a long PERCEPTIONS, grassy slope, studded
with groups of kut ui and haLa trees-up which
is traced a zig-zag trail that affords the only
means of exit from the valley. Beyond this
cliff is seen a succession of tall ridges, between
which are the valleys of Honakawai, Waimanu,
and Waipio. The faces of the last two are almost
absolutely perpendicular, the waterfalls that
leap from over the topmost edges falling two
thousand feet in an uninterrupted stream into
the ocean beneath.
The surf rolling in on the beach, both in this
and the former picture, is very skilfully painted,
and conveys the idea OF motion and translucency
W ull1Cllil W hA uBOh " LAC atmosphere
in the Palulu Gulch picture is heavy with the
mist and nimbus of one of those passing sum-
mer showers so characteristic of the windward
portions of these Islands, while the otherwise
rather cold effect of the picture is balanced by
some bright bits of color in the costume of one
or two natives introduced in the foreground
We were favored with a private view of some
paintings now finished, but not as yet on exhi-
hilton a = we'll ne a OlimnSa of n maOnificant
" study " of the active crater, known as Hale
maumau, in Kilauea. Our attention was par
ticularly attracted by "A four-leaved screen now
being finished. Three of the panels are decorated
each with a lowering branch. One is that of
of the gorgeous POincidra regid, the second is
the tree known as the g golden shower" the
third of the hibiscus, with its rich deep red
blossoms. The fourth panel of the set has
painted on it the plant, in full bloom, known
as the "Spanlsh bayonet.' The four, when
arranged in conjunction with each other, will
form n very rich ornament. There are four
very rich plaques in gold with superb roses,
hibiscus and hdO blossoms glowing on their
surfaces.
One very splendid canvas has for its subject a
full sized banana plant with its fruit. The tex
ture of the broad leaves Is we'll indicated, and
the whole is true to nature and fine in finish.
There are many more very interesting studies
and finished pictures that are well worth look
ing at, but If We were called upon to select the
one that best pleased us in every way, we should
certainly choose the one referred to above,
showing the interior of Halemaumau. The
picture is not finished yet, but the artist has
caught the true ideal lights and colors. and
placed upon the canvas a vast lake of liquid
lava imprisoned in lofty walls, that simmer and
glow with a fierce red heat that can almost be
felt by the spectator This is the prominent fea-
ture Of the scene. Heat, intense, devouring,
blinding-and sending off clouds of crimson and
gold vaporS, that hang like a vast canopy over
head. A fiery fountain upheaves itself in the
center of the lake, and II is from this central
point that all the light and glow emenates. We
anticipate seeing this painting on exhibition
very soon.