As an untrained Hawaii-based artist, Hilton Alves has a bold mission to paint 101 waves murals around the world. Lucky for us, the first of all these waves was made right here in Honolulu. He recreated the world famous Banzai Pipeline wave that spans across 14,080 square feet on a wall in Kalihi. The painting took eight days to complete. If you haven’t seen it, you definitely should. It’s located near the Dillingham McDonald’s.
I had just left a comment on the post about John Pugh; these two pieces are similar in so many ways. With the great size and 3D effect, it definitely grabs the audience's attention from far away. Even if it is a giant wave and you would never see a giant wave in the middle of a parking lot, you still wonder just how real is it until you get very close to the piece.
Since his work of waves is around the world, I wonder how the audiences' reactions differ from place to place. Here in Hawaii where waves are aplenty, people would wonder how real it is. Would people without any shoreline still believe that it is real, even for a second? Would these murals be their first "experience" with a "real" wave? Pretty interesting thoughts to be explored.
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