SARAH TAYLOR KO

Hina Hanai a ka Malama (Hina Nourished by the Moon) 48” x48” mixed media on board Like the character arc in a fairytale, Hina Hanai a ka Malama moved from a vague idea to the temptation to stop too soon, became seemingly ruined, and at last harmonious. At first I didn’t know this painting was going to be about Hina who is a mythical Eve-like figure in Hawaiian folklore. All I could imagine were triangles. I read about the North Star pattern in quilt-making which was used to

When thinking of what the Voice of the Sea means to me I think not just of waves or whales but of cultural connections. The ancient...

The challenge was to create artwork around the elements earth, fire, and water. Living on the islands, these are all close to use...

In 2021 I was asked by one of my galleries to make some work around Covid-19 and what it meant to me. Immediately I thought of how tired...

Ka Wa Ma Mua, Ka Wa Ma Hope (The Time That Came Before The Time That Follows), 24" x 36", mixed media, 2022 Firehouse Gallery in Kamuela...

The show opens today February 27th at 5pm, Viewpoints Gallery in Makawao, Maui and runs through April 16, 2022. The ancient Hawaiʻians...

The Palila Project is up at Viewponts Gallery in Maui! I made 11 paintings, a sculpture, and facilitated a large mural celebrating the critically endanger honeycreeper that lives on the slopes of Mauna Kea and no where else in the world. Arah Ko wrote 2 poems inspired by the Palila's song, and biologist Lisa Mason informed the artwork. The Project was created around the idea of makawalu. In Olelo Hawai'i, maka means eyes, and walu is eight. The word has the connotation of an

I had an amazing opportunity to attend via Zoom the Imiloa Center's annual Wayfinding Celebration in October, 2020. I was able to listen...

I was recently asked how much of my work is planned and how much is spontaneous. In order to answer that question, I thought I would...

Ever a land of contrasts, nowhere is the chiaroscuro of Hawai'i more evident than on Saddle Road aka Daniel K. Inouye Highway. It rises from sea level to over 6600 ft in elevation as it crosses the entire Big Island from Hilo to Kona, like a saddle. The road is rough, narrow, often obscured by fog, and surrounded by volcanic cones. It feels like another planet entirely. It was built in 1943 after the attack on Pearl Harbor as a military access road. We use it to get to the on

Part of a series of 5 paintings based on the poetry of Miho Nonaka from her book The Museum of Small Bones, this is the only one whose...

Like the craziest grocery list ever, in preparation for interpreting a written work visually I started with my favorite concrete images...

Living in such a utilitarian culture where the financial bottom line is the only one that counts, being an artist can feel like a pointless endeavor. I have been called "artsy-fartsy," told that I will never make a living, and felt my work to be superfluous among so many pressing global needs. But intuitively I know that making of any sort brings healing, and not just to the makers. In so many surprising ways the Bible supports this idea, as Makoto Fujimura explores in detail

It is one thing to elicit the invisible in a poem, but how do you paint it? That was the challenge I set for myself in interpreting...

The intersection between the creative disciplines of visual art and poetry is where I took my latest series of work. As a Christmas gift...

We learned how to mix a rainbow of colors, raised awareness of our critically endangered Palila, and alleviated some pandemic stress as well

A time honored way to make a small image larger is by using a grid.

Overcoming a few little hurtles to make art remotely with 15 students...

Maintaining an abundance mindset is so important for an artist, and never more so than now.