The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-28


foreground approach is softly shaded
whereby, with the aerial glow. the
color scheme is thrown into high relief
This picture Is gem.
ferred. In order to save the child
powerful composition. L. had birth IN
. Mr.. Hitchcock's experience of a sea-
coast tempest al the spot depicted The
dominating feature is that of angry
breakers dashing upon 8. rocky beach
line and throwing their spume skywar d.
There is flying scud in p sky illumined
With struggling sun CLEANS Away to
the left a solitary palm does sentinel
duty. On the right are rugged lodges
of lava glistening in the wash of spray,
with a lauhala tree in scrawny
grandeur at their inner margin. A
sedgy tropical growth fills the right
foreground. This picture is tense with
the poetry of Hawaiian scenery. Its
atmosphere and marine elements are
masterfully interpreted.
Pacific Reefs, Low Tide is another
marine success in the exhibit. Indeed
it so grows upon the viewers COM
prehension as to make it a matter OF
doubt when one can say he has COM
pleted its inspection. The eye is drawn
gradually, until a placid ocean comes
into almost indefinable union with a
hazy sky. Rocks loom big in the fore
ground, dwindling in perspective into
the right background. The scene is cast
in humid light, but brilliancy is i'm
parted to the whole by the happy in
spiration of a wake of sunlight, filtered
through an overcast empyreum, which
is thrown diagonally athwart the sea.
Altogether this work evinces a remark
able mastery of the Hawaiian marine
atmosphere in peaceful mood. 1t is
withal a picture to inspire thoughts OF
infinity.
Moonlight" is a clever idea, giving
the substance without showing the
source of the title-subject. There is a
soft CLEAN breaking through a tropical
glade. A higher-toned light suffuses
the cirrhus clouds that modify the glare
of the queen of night
up the Valley" is the title of a
gorgeous Hawaiian sunset piece. In
the midst is a gently sloping mountain |
ridge forming a sharply defined sky
line, broken on the right with a wood |
dcrest. The foreground of unduating |
formation and tropic growth is in |
shade. A field of molten gold in the |
upper regions meets the skyline below. |
This gorgeous celestial sheen is the |
soul of the piece. 1T is unearthly in its |
glory, but it is strictly Hawaiian.
early Morning. Manoa Valley" is a |
fine representation of one of the most |
noble landscapes in the environs of |
Honolulu. A narrow crest of struggling |
forest upon the curving outline OF a |
mountain spur adornS the foreground. |
On the middle right a bold bluff slopes |
steeply to the fertile valley. Low fork |
ed points, toes to the foothills, on the |
left, prOtrude into the plain. Past the |
middle distance the lofty ridge sepa- |
rating Manoa from Palolo valley is |
boldly drawn. There is that subdued |
variegation of color which characterizes |
nature in those picturesque scenes. |
Away beyond the Pacific CLEANS in /
its greenish blue. Both atmosphere and /
perspective are under thorough con-
troll in this picture.
"Cocoanut Grove" is an exquisite |
piece Of work. 1t shows a depth of |
intricate perspective which none but
master hand could produce. The be-
holder is seized with a yearning to |
walk into the real grove, so open and
inviting the entrance to it's recesses is
here depicted. AS a forest scene in
the mass it is splendid conception.
Overlapping clouds touched with high |
lights make a telling background, and |
the deft color-toning that brings out |
the participating of the plumy foliage |
commands admiration.
Where the Trade Winds Blow is a
beautiful combination of land and sea. |
The central object is a clump of trees
with tall trunks. Off to the right is a |
small grove of lower-statured trees.
Looking out between these different |
arboreal sights, the vision takes in a
bit of ocean with a section of sand |
beach. A bright light upon the lower |
groundwork enhances the effect of the |
dark green foliage and the wildly blue
sea. The blowing of the trade winds |
suggested by the title is carried out
in the picturing of the trees as bowling |
their branches to the breeze. Like that |
of the cocoanut grove, this work gives
a longing to the lover of nature to HE |
away to the scene portrayed.
'Spinx of the Pacific is a work that |
many would no doubt select as the
masterpiece of the collection. 1t repre-
sents deeply scanned prornontory of
rock, springing almost perpendicularly
from the ocean. Bare of vegetation it
has a narrow rim of soil about it's base,
separating it from segment of beach
washed by a gentle surf. Illumined
clouds are floating in behind the mass,
giving emphasis to it's height and CALI
ing out it's tints by contrast. A low
hill, almost concealed in haze. touching
the coast line far beyond the central |
object aids the scenic proportions. The |
lights and shadows of the furrowed |
sides of the vast rock are handled in
a manner suggestive of more than ar
tistic comprehension. Nothing short of |
inspiration is what the result SEEM
ingly reveals.
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