I have spent a great deal of time in Hawaii. In 1964, when I was a graduate student, my professor, Gerard Kuiper, assigned me to spend six summer weeks atop Mauna Kea, on the "big island" of Hawaii, testing the mountain for a possible astronomical observatory. We found excellent results and years later this became the premier observatory in the world. In the 1970s and 1980s, I made many observing runs with Dale Cruikshank and Dave Tholen at Mauna Kea. In recent years I have been teaching a summer course at the University of Hawaii Hilo campus and have a residence at Punalu'u. These ventures have given me many opportunities to make painting expeditions around the islands, especially the island of Hawaii.

269 -- Tropical leaves. A scene in the side yard of space artist Jon Lomberg, above the village of Captain Cook, on the big island of Hawaii. Painted from nature. (Copyright William K. Hartmann).	Hapuna Beach Park, Big Island of Hawaii. This site was an open state beach for many years but was crouded by a major hotel around 1990. Painted from nature. (Copyright William K. Hartmann).
428 -- Surfers at Pohoiki Beach. This is an obscure beach park on the Big Island. Painted from nature. (Copyright William K. Hartmann).	362 -- Grasslands above Punalu'u. This view looks toward the coast from the grasslands in the southeast corner of the big Island of Hawaii. (Copyright William K. Hartmann).
429 -- View of Hilo and Hilo Bay from the Slopes of Mauna Kea. Painted from nature on the Lassiter Ranch.	377 -- Petroglyph. This was a small experimental painting in which I recreated an ancient rock carving by using cinders mixed with iridescent pigments. (Copyright William K. Hartmann).
398 -- Dusk at Punalu'u. A view on the grounds of the Punalu'u condominium complex on the southeast coast of the big island of Hawaii, one of my favorite places to stay. Painted from nature. (Copyright William K. Hartmann).	395 -- The Old Sugar Mill in Pahala, Big Island. This mill shut down in the early 1990's, marking the passing of a part of the old agricultural Hawaii. Painted from nature. (Copyright William K. Hartmann).

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