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MARCH 23, 2022
March is Women’s History Month, and what better way to honor female artists of the past than to focus on the artists of the future. The legacy of well-known female artists lives on in two emerging young artists from the Windward side — Kalāheo High School junior Liv Deeley and Kailua High sophomore Eve Teraoka. They are featured artists this month in the HERstory Through the Arts Exhibit, currently at THE ARTS at Marks Garage in Honolulu.
Deeley began to believe in
herself as an artist about two years ago.
past three years, comments, “Liv Deeley is determined to speak through her artistic voice. I have watched Liv expand on her already de- veloped art-making skills, while finding concept and purpose in the process.”
tographer from Hong Kong. “His aesthetic Hong Kong city vibe really in- spires me. One of my paintings in the HERstory show is from a scene in his movie. He impressed me with his use of lights and
reality that most teenagers experience, but few adults can still understand. It feels like truth is more important than beauty in her work. It is amazing to see. I hope to see a lot more. These young artists are social media sav- vy. Find their work at Ins- tagram (@ liv.deeleyart and @eevesartandstuff).
ARTS at Marks Garage from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Sat- urday through March 26. The closing reception is from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 25.
MaryAnne Long is an art- ist, art instructor, art collec- tor and curator. Reach her at malong@hawaii.rr.com or longlostart.weebly.com.
BY MARYANNE LONG
Windward Teenage Artists Are Making ‘HERstory’
“When I started getting more involved with my drawing and painting class at Kalāheo, I realized that this was something that I wanted to really study and improve on,” Deeley says.
Meanwhile, Eve Terao- ka is the daughter of noted artists Masami Teraoka and Lynda Hess. She is a child of the arts, whether it is painting or drawing, playing the guitar or dancing ballet. Teraoka credits much of her current work to the influence of Wong Kar-Wai, a cinema-
colors,” Teraoka says. “There’s a sophistica- tion in Eve’s work that you don’t often see in someone her age,” shares artist and
She credits the work of Frida Kahlo as the inspira- tion behind her use of art to explore and express her identity and culture.
View their artwork at The
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Jodie Chock, Deeley’s art teacher at Kalāheo for the
collector Robert Mace. There is a certain sadness, a certain angst in the faces of her subjects. She captures a
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(Above) Liv Deeley attends an exhibit PHOTO COURTESY ROBERT MACE (Left) Liv Deeley’s Onna-Bugeisha vs. History is a mixed-media artwork, which won multiple awards in the Scholastic Art Awards competition at Hawai‘i State Art Museum this year.
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Eve Teraoka’s (above) acrylic painting Argentina (left) is inspired by the aesthetic Hong Kong city vibe of cinematographer Wong Kar-Wai. PHOTOS COURTESY EVE TERAOKA
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