Anuenue Honu.. means Rainbow Turtle….when the sun pierces through the ocean we see prisms….those prisms contain all the colors of the rainbow and is such a beautiful sight. This is my newest turtle rendition and it seemed perfect to do in a 3-d collage.

I have been doing these 3-D collages for a while….i LOVE them… first I painted the turtle in acrylics, then have a very limited number of prints made on very heavy soft watercolor paper. Then I hand color the print in colored pencil ( color on top of color) then I accent the entire thing in gold leaf. Next I cut it out with an Xacto knife and mount it using acid free spacers, onto a background I have handpainted in acrylic gouche ( which is a very flat highly pigmented paint) . WHEW!! I sell them in order I create them so you will get the lowest number I have at that time. They are limited to and edition of 100.

This collage comes double matted in black and framed in a very unique Hawaiian petroglyph frame and measures 20x20

There are a limited number of petroglyph frames still available.