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Hula is Hawaii's dance form. Originally used not only for entertainment but as a form of story telling with religious meaning, as well as a form of physical training. It was a dance accompanied by chant (oli) or song (mele). Here we have a hula girl in a traditional hula pose.
The original was a hand pulled lithographic print made off of an artist created polyester printing plate. This print was made using a stipple technique on the plate to create a form of shading even though the lithographic printing method only prints one solid color for each mark. The artist also created a slight haze around each dot by inking with a very oily ink so some of the color seeped into the open spaces around the dots. This is part of the creative hand printing process that a machine can't perform. It makes for a more subtle and artistic look. It was made to be a 6X8" print, and by adding a 1 inch wide matting, it was made to fit an 8X10 inch standard frame.
The artist has done this series of p...