Exhibition Introduction

Gauguin’s Legacy in the South Pacific

Featuring artists: Miki de Goodaboom, Eve Riser Roberts, David J. Negron, Mary Stanton, Carolyn Zaroff, Niki Gulley, Janet Stewart, Valinda Gallea, Annecharico and Jimmy Uy Tablante.

These ten artists all share thematic and stylistic similarities not only amongst each other, but a clear lineage from Gauguin’s seminal work in Polynesian Impressionism.  Impressionists seem to predominate the art scene in the South Pacific and Hawaii in particular, as I have observed in my travels there.  I have been able to visit the studios of some of the artists’ personally, and realized the strong influences working on the artists of the South Pacific.  Further investigation revealed more artists working in the same vein.