Christopher Ching Painting

O`ahu paintings Christopher Ching 2013-15

Ka Iwi Shoreline with dark clouds stirring, 2014 19x24

Approaching Ka Iwi Shore, 2014 42x36

Ka Iwi Shoreline, Tidal Pool, 2014 19x24, Oil on panel •

Spill, girl at Ka Iwi Shore (red net), 2012 16x12, Oil on canvas •

Gods returning to Hanauma, 2013 Oil on panel •

Dad’s mango tree, Momi Kini, 2013 6x8.5, Oil on panel

Baby Makapu`u tidepool, Red net, 2013 Oil on panel

Ka Iwi Shoreline, 2014 24x24, Oil on panel •

Incoming Tide, Ka Iwi Shoreline, 2013 21x10.5, Oil on panel

Hanauma Bay from Palea Point, 2013 22x10, Oil on panel

Manoa Stream Contained, 2014 24x17, Oil on panel

Makiki Stream Contained, 2014 Oil on panel •

Kamiloiki Drainage Culvert, 2015 22x18, Oil on panel

Christopher Ching Environmental painter.

Solo show, Town Restaurant, 2014 Freelance editorial illustrator California College of Arts and Crafts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration, 1992-1994 Boston Univeristy, Bachelor of Science, 1990 These paintings want to describe the landscape being affected by our interactions: The way we move about within the environment; the way we observe it; the way we alter it.

I grew up in Hawaii Kai and spent a lot of time at the ocean. I took my kids to the same places I fished and explored. We always had our little red nets and they became, to me at least, a symbol of youthful play and curiosity. Beginning to make environmental paintings naturally took me to those same spots. The Ka Iwi Shoreline is a lovely place to paint. It is, especially on this side of the island, a rare undeveloped space, with the raw, rugged features of the land approaching the ocean, and the ocean pressing against the rocky ledges from deep water just off shore.