The Wind-Honed Islands Rise

Download or read book The Wind-Honed Islands Rise written by Reuben Tam and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reuben Tam was born on Kaua'i, the northernmost of the Hawaiian Islands. His early, formative years were spent combing its beaches and coastlines, while his later, mature years took him to another island in another ocean, Monhegan, off the coast of Maine. These two places shaped his entire life and informed both the subject matter and the spirit of his painting and his poetry. While his painting and his poetry were seemingly disparate disciplines, they were both expressions of the same unique vision, a vision born of his love of the natural environment and his complete immersion in it. Every aspect of his professional and personal life, with its myriad interests and activities, reflected this vision.