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Those Who Wander – A Night With Christie Shinn

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Had the opportunity to attend the opening of Christie Shinn’s solo art show held in Oahu, Hawaii. The show had a diverse array of art from the 9th Wave Gallery Artist that included all of her most recent paintings in addition to several drawings and illustrations from her new series that was created special for the show.

After seeing what was there it was time to break out the camera gear and start documenting the night. Shot the event in HD with the Canon T2i DSLR camera, a 14mm f2.8 L series lens, and a 28-70mm f2.8 L series lens. It ended up being a super fun and exciting evening in downtown Waikiki and the video footage proves it.

With out any further ado, 9th Wave Gallery presents a behind the scenes look into the Christie Shinn solo show “Those Who Wander” located at Greenroom Gallery in Waikiki, Hawaii.

Showing on the beautiful island of Oahu, this North Shore artist that creates Hawaiian Surf Art hangs with clients, fans, and the 9th Wave Gallery Team as she shows the world her most recent art that includes merchandise, prints, giclees, and original paintings.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

9th Wave Gallery Website – Hawaiian Surf Art to Zen Surrealism

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So over the past 6 months I have been working on the 9th Wave Gallery website. I do not profess to be a web designer at all, but they have the need for all of their artists work to be uploaded and have no one else to do it. Additionally, they have had some problems with past designers coming and going which left the site in shambles. So here I am to pick up the pieces.

We are using an eCommerce web provider called Big Commerce that make it more like a template website situation rather than a complete design from the ground up. Thank goodness for that!!! It was fairly simple to use at first, but then I found out that we were needing a very complex set of product options and rules because there are so many different variations of each product that we offer and the prices are all different. After a fair amount of trial and error and a bit of practice on the back end, I am happy to say that I have it all figured out and have uploaded over 150 different products with many more to come.

The site is now put together and is working quite well. We still have a ton of work to do on the back end, but the store is up and running and looks really good. We currently represent over 10 artists and have plans to add more in the near future. When you have a free moment you should check it out. There is a ton of amazing paintings, drawings, animations, and merchandise to look at… Who knows, you might find some art that you simply have to buy.

http://www.9thwavegallery.com

Sending Aloha to Japan – Video Production for Shannon O’Connell

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A few months ago I had the opportunity to fly over to Oahu, Hawaii to produce a video for 9th Wave Gallery Artist Shannon O’Connell. I had never met her before, but it turns out that she is the sweetest thing you will ever meet.

We filmed a lifestyle piece and an interview segment to produce a documentary based video describing her plans to travel to Japan. This trip is fueled by her passion to spread Hawaiian based aloha to the Japanese people after the devastating earthquake and tsunami last year in the form of her art, painting, and love for everything that is beautiful.

I had a ton of fun working with Shannon and the project turned out to be amazing. Also had enough time to edit a 9th Wave Gallery video that was shot with a GoPro by my good friend and part owner of 9th Wave Gallery Ryan McVay.

Let me know what you think!