Project Description
About the Piece
The pier, at Whittington Beach Park in the district of Ka’u on Hawai’i Island, was first built for the once thriving sugarcane industry in the 1800’s. Now, a relic of the past and in an unusable state of beautiful decay being taken back by the ocean. Is this what our resorts and multi-million dollar estates will look like 100 years from now?
About the Artist
Margo Ray is a visual artist who engages in printmaking, collage and installation. She holds an MFA from Concordia University in Montrèal, Quebec and a BA in Studio Arts from University of Hawai’i at Hilo. She was raised on Hawai’i Island and has had the opportunity to travel internationally throughout her life. Her works have been exhibited in venues such as The Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center (Honolulu, HI), The Schaefer International Gallery (Kahului, HI), Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA) and most recently at The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (Lancaster, CA).
Margo’s studio is in the upcountry town of Waimea on Hawai’i Island where she lives with her husband and their two children. She is the co -owner of Island Eclectic, an art handling and design business.