IMMORTALITE

A painted portrait of Victoria Kawēkiu Kaʻiulani Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Cleghorn based on a digital work combining underwater photographs made at Kahaluu Bay with a favorite photo of her. It is the first photograph I came across of Princess Ka’iulani while on the Big Island of Hawaii. It had a haunting effect on me. I had just been surfing and staying in Waikiki at the very place that had been her home. The original portrait is credited to Walery and taken in London in 1895. The painting is one of a series of works I’ve done using her image.