Amazing how many women painters after Madge and Cornelia have focused their work on Hawaiian women. No less talented then the previous artists is PEGGE HOPPER, who brings her own style to this art.
She was born in Oakland, CA in 1935 and studied at the Art Center of Design in Pasadena. She then went to work in New York and later Milan, but moved to Hawaii in 1963.
She was inspired by photos of Hawaiian women she saw in King Kalakaua's collection at the State Archives. She saw in these women strength, totally self-actualized. She then started to paint them.
For years she had her own gallery in Honolulu, which she sold in 2019 at the age of 88. For me, her art is modern, fresh, vibrant, and yet portrays the dignity of woman.
And I think she loved cats!
