Rose dresses

I guess I got stuck on Roses! I got some dresses and did them in different colors. JustLupita is my website I am working on. 

The Kauai Chicken Story

I have been trying to clean out my stuff, but instead I keep finding treasures! Here is a poem I wrote in 2003 in response to the common question I kept receiving at Banana Joe's, "Where did all these chickens  on Kauai come from?"

                                               The Kauai Chicken Story

In the beginning, on the first day
The rooster had sex with the hen
And the rooster crowed and
The hen bru braacked!
And GOD said, "THAT WAS GOOD!"

Then on the third day
The rooster crowed and
The hen bru bru braaacked and
Behold! Seven eggs were laid
And GOD said, "UH, OH!"

So on the seventh day
When any sane GOD should be resting
The rooster crowed and
The hen bru bru bru braaacked and
Behold! The seven eggs hatched!
And GOD said, "AREN'T THEY CUTE!"

Then GOD said,
"LET US DECLARE CHICKENS AN
ENDANGERED SPECIES ON KAUAI AND
LET US OUTLAW MONGOOSE ON KAUAI AND
LET US DECLARE A LEASH LAW FOR DOGS ON KAUAI."
And the rooster crowed, and the hen bru bru braacked and
The baby chicks peep peep peep peep peep peep peep peeped and
Then GOD added, "LET US FORCE ALL HUMANS TO ONLY EAT
TOFU CHICKEN"

And the rooster crowed and
The hen bru bru bru bru braaacked
And the baby chicks grew up.
Then the baby rooster had sex with the baby hen
And the baby rooster crowed and
The baby hen bru braacked!
And GOD said, "AH, THAT WAS GOOD!" Again and
               Again............and
                         Again.............and
                                                                    Again..............and
                                                                          Again.

So that is my answer to that question! Hehe!

JustLupita artwork getting started!

I have neglected this blog far too long! I have since retired from Banana Joe's, just two weeks ago, thus enabling me to concentrate on my art work and providing more product such as my hand painted shirts and hats for Banana Joe's. That is just a fraction of the art work I intend to produce, so perhaps I will blog about what I do produce each week. Sooooo, the first week I caught up on Banana Joe shirts, and this second week I have been painting baby surfer rompers and T-shirts for Kokonut Kids in Hanalei. Oh yes, I also did hats for I (heart) Hanalei, a bikini and dress store. I have started a new web page to show case the work I have done, JustLupita.BackdoorKauai.com. I intend to continue to work on updating this also. You are welcome to visit my site often!

Olena

I have been slowly working on this painting since August, when I had a summer breakdown illness. This lovely plant finally was in bloom then in my back yard,  I came to know her and she helped me to get well!

So I am going to tell this story because a lot has happened while I have been working on this painting, I feel  good now that I almost forgot that I was ever sick! At first I wasn't sure if this is the way the painting was supposed to be or if I was forcing it be this way, but now that we have decided that it is done I like it more and more, and when I walk by it down my hall way I look at it and say "I love this painting!" or I say, "I love you!" That is because it is a painting of the soul of the flower essence "Olena" Which has now since disappeared in it's flower form, even in it's leaf form, but she has left me with her golden roots to make tea and cook in my beans or soups, all for my benefit. A beautiful gift, but also a remembrance that she will grow again next season from some of the root left in the womb of the earth, rebirth, never dead, always there in her spirit form to be so gracious and loving, so caring, that is the beautiful soul of "Olena".

So how did the plant in flower help me to get well you might be wondering? Well, I communicated with her soul, and even though I must admit I really did not "see" her until I painted her on the canvas, then there she is! That is the way my third eye works I guess, I have to just let it happen then see what happened and surprise my self to see what happens on the canvas. Isn't that the most fun! Now to see the little plant spirit emerge with her energy transferring to the canvas is so wonderful, when I see her portrait I can be reminded of her essence and say, "I love you!" It's not necessarily the painting I love, but it is the spirit of the Olena plant is what I love! The painting just reminds me. I hope it will remind you too.

                                                              
                                    Thank you, Olena


Now I want to tell the story that I read in one of Dr. Zhi Gang Sha's books in his Soul Series about the plant that was used to cure Malaria. This was a story in ancient China. When the people ran out of the plant a wise man said to the people to just say "I eat #%@ (name of that plant)" and they began to get well. So they were connecting with the soul of the plant and it helped them to get well! He said they also used this method in modern times with the SARS epidemic.

So I thought it would be nice if you might like to communicate with the spirit of the Olena plant by looking at her portrait. You are very welcome to do so. She will be glad to get to know you I do believe. Perhaps she will help you to heal if you are in need of healing. We would love to hear your stories.
By the way, Olena is the hawaiian name for Tumeric.

                        Thank you to whoever is reading this blog!

SEALY

This is the page that goes with the drawing, I originally intended to have SEALY on the corners of each page so when you flipped the corners Sealy would move, I couldn't do that way back then so I just put the sequence of Sealys going across the bottom of the page. Well did I mention, Michie is an animator now! I am so proud of her, but when I am looking at this now I really think it has merit to show how the grown up Michelle developed into the wonderful artist and animator she is today! That is motivating me to continue to try to publish the original books I did way back then, because they may still inspire other children too!

SEALY

This is the start of a book I did when my daughter was just starting kindergarten, now she is in the Animation department of UH Manoa and last year finished a cartoon based on this original SEALY book. She enhanced her story with her own memory and it is having its first film debut in a local filmfest, at the Pipeline Cafe on Oahu next tuesday. As I found the original copy I made in 1984 with xerox machines, I am now realizing what I couldn't do then I can now do with the computer. So I scanned it all and I hope to prepare it for publishing on createspace. Which looks affordable and enables me to publish the whole version. I couldn't resist this drawing as I thought it was so cute,  Michie riding her bike to kindergarten with her little friend SEALY tagging along to keep her company. It is definitely a picture out of time, 1984, with of course a little imagination slipped in.

Mendenilla Magnifica original painting for sale

I met the Magnificent Mendenilla at Banana Joe's Fruit stand. I had learned to communicate with the plant spirits with my friend Marrissa Henderson who taught me to channel the plant spirits, theplantspirits.blogspot.com Since I am an artist who has painted all my life I transfered the energy of the plant spirit into my painting, thus you are also inviting this beautiful Magnificent plant spirit into your home when you decide to purchase this original painting of Mendenilla Magnifica! Mahalo

http://www.etsy.com/listing/47803288/mendanilla-magnifica-painting