Since the theme for Project 2 was Bodies, I have decided to create this picture and call it Pauahi People. This picture is supposed to embody the dream Pauahi had when she founded Kamehameha Schools. Pauahi created the school to help children of Native Hawaiian descent to have proper education and to perpetuate the Hawaiian culture. The background picture is significant because just behind the hula dancers is the huge portion of land in the mountain that Kamehameha Schools is built upon. The red and yellow kāhili in the background is a symbol of the Hawaiian chiefs and nobles. Pauahi is a descendant of the prestigious Kamehameha I and was raised as a royal princess. The hula dancers that are blurred in the background are symbols of the culture that Pauahi wanted to preserve. Finally, the opaque picture within Pauahi is my Kamehameha graduating class of 2015 and we symbolize the "good and industrious men and women" that Pauahi wanted us to be as we left Kamehameha Schools.
I think your overall theme is pretty amazing and it's refreshing to see the artist have such a deep and meaningful connection to their work. I like the overall unity in color and the contrast of images, but one suggestion I would make it to maybe play around with scale a little more to get more variation in your piece.
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