Solo Show at Divine Goods in Old Holualoa Village

In celebration of the 38th Kona Coffee Arts & Cultural Festival, Divine Goods presents the coffee-inspired artwork of local artist, Stephanie Bolton. The artwork will be unveiled at 9am on Saturday, Nov. 8 during the Art & Coffee Stroll, debuting Bolton’s collection of over 20 new original paintings. The showcase will be on a month-long rotating display featured among the elegant fashions and exotic home furnishings of the Divine Goods boutique.

During the Art & Coffee Stroll the public is invited to sample the brew of a plethora of local coffee farms as you cruise the artsy shops and galleries of Holualoa Village at this family event. Be sure to enter your name into a drawing to win an original painting by the artist among some other great prizes. You can enter this drawing at Divine Goods any day they are open (Mon-Sun 10-4pm) until November 15th, when the winners will be announced at that evening’s reception, the only public invitation to view Bolton’s complete collection of artwork. You will also be able to enjoy live music, dancing, free pupus, coffee cocktails, and a chance to meet the artist.

Stephanie Bolton is a third generation artist who has grown up on the Big Island. She draws inspiration for her paintings from the lush Kona coffee countryside where she resides with her husband and three sons. A graduate from Makua Lani Christian School, she has studied in Italy, California, and has her BA in Fine Art. She specializes in portraits and custom original artwork, but her ‘coffee girls’ are becoming a fast favorite with island locals. Her artwork has been seen several times in the local homes featured in West Hawaii Today’s At Home magazine: living with style in West Hawaii. Writer, Kristina Anderson wrote that “Stephanie’s stunning canvases capture the essence of tropical living”.

Some of the paintings are collaborative efforts, joining the beautiful craftsmanship of Jonathon Mather’s Hawaiian wood frames and Jasmin McCracken’s skillful beadwork which lend three-dimensional jewelry to some of Bolton’s portraits on wood panels. Mather, a Volcano resident, does not only create exceptional frames, but carved furniture and home accents as well. McCracken, featured in B2B magazine for her amazing feats of entrepreneurship at the youthful age of 25, owns and operates Pikake Beads in downtown Kona. She discovered her talent for

handcrafting jewelry when her belly dancing older sister gave her leftover beads from a costume project, and she has been weaving chic accessories ever since.

Bolton is also enthusiastic about Oriental Dance, so watch for her in performances from the Scarlet Lotus Belly Dancing Tribe in both of the Coffee Festival parades. Veil dancers will be dancing in the Lantern Parade (Friday Nov. 7 at 6:30pm) in honor of the next day’s Unveiling of artwork. Coffee-inspired dancers will shake and shimmy down Alii Drive in the Grand parade (Saturday Nov. 15th at 9:30am) in honor of the reception to follow later that same day, from 5:30pm-9pm at Divine Goods in Holualoa Village across from the Holualoa café.

All of these events are open to the public, so come and re-discover old Holualoa Village. For more information, log on to http://www.divinegoods.com/ or call 324-Good.