FINE ART PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WEEK: KAPUAIWA COCONUT GROVE - III, MOLOKAI

©Kelly Fitzgerald.  Kapuaiwa Coconut Grove - III, Molokai
Silver Gelatin Archival Fiber Base Print
20" H x 24" W
Limited Edition of 30
$1,400 Unframed

On the island of Molokai, there is an ancient Hawaiian coconut grove planted in the 1860's during the reign of King Kamehameha V.  The King, nicknamed Kapuaiwa, selected this particular site because of the seven sacred ponds located there.

The King ordered 1,000 tall, royal coconut palm trees to be planted on Molokai to represent each individual warrior in his mighty army, in addition to shading his sacred bathing pools of the ali's (royalty).

Unfortunately, not many of the original coconut palm trees still stand today.  The original one thousand coconut trees covered about an area of ten acres.  Now only a few hundred of these beautiful palms are still there.

Professional matting and framing is available for an additional charge.

This work was created by using an old manual SLR film camera and Kodak Professional High-Speed HIE Black-and-White Infrared Negative Film.  Sadly, the film is no longer being manufactured.  The traditional negative is scanned on a drum scanner to create a 300 megabyte digital file which serves as a vehicle for the color balancing, lighting, and darkening that was formerly done in the darkroom.  Once the aesthetic interpretation is realized in the computer and matched with the artist proof print created in the traditional "wet" darkroom, the image is then printed on fully archival paper.  This piece is part of an award-winning series called "A New Discovery".

A fine art photographic print by Kelly Fitzgerald
will beautify your home or enhance your place of business.

If you are interested in purchasing an original fine art print, please contact Kelly Fitzgerald at KelFitzPhoto@gmail.com or call (760) 670-6616.  A range of print sizes are available.  For more information, please visit the print information page on her website.  

A percentage of sales from this print will be donated to a Hawaii non-profit conservation organization. 

Mahalo nui loa.

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