ARTIST'S STATEMENT:
We sprung into being to find a landscape of intense expressions
Voice of blue
Voice of brown
Voice of red
Voice of yellow
Voice of green
Voice of orange
Voice of purple
Voice of black
Voice of white
We were brought into life in an environment of grand language and grand music
Confident consonants refereeing the softest of vowels
Swirling clouds and foam playing in the valleys of blue infinity
Riding the currents of poetry
We came forth into a complicated fabric of joy and sorrow; pain and elation; the very beginning and the very end.
We can never know true certainty, past or present, then or now, no matter how hard we pretend.
We can only know now
Know now.
Eric Franke is a prolific Hawaiʻi Island-born artist, known for his stark photography of Hawaiian landscapes, as well as his emotive portraiture. Able to find something magical in seemingly mundane moments, his style combines muted but rich tones in isolated compositions, often leaving space for the viewer to exist with, and in, his scenes. His style draws upon his experiences growing up in Hawaii, and his love for beauty, adventure, mystery, discovery, and story. He gathers some of his inspirations from artist kūpuna: Herb Kawainui Kāne, IZ, Harry Wishard, Brook Kapukuniahi Parker, Jake Shimabukuro, Kelly Boy Delima, Troy Fernandez, among many, many others.
