Wall to Wall: Murals Paint the East Side

New murals by some of Hawai‘i’s leading artists have surfaced on the east side of the island in recent months. One of the latest is Solomon Enos’ Hāloanakalaukapalili (the long-stemmed kalo plant whose leaves tremble in the wind) on a temporary wooden construction wall on Dole Street. There’s also one outside The Public Pet in Kaimukī, created by artist siblings Jackie Brown and Bagger, that pays homage to their time living on O‘ahu in the ’90s.

Nā ‘Anae Holo (the traveling mullet) of Maunalua is a project along Kalaniana‘ole Highway spearheaded by community activist Ann Marie Kirk and painted by Ran Noveck. And this one pictured above—a collaboration between Kamea Hadar, MelónJames, Jeff Gress, Gavin Murai, local nonprofit Huli and students from Kaiser High School—celebrates China Walls, the spot historically known as Kawaihoa.

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