"Jackie Hashimoto"

"Jackie Hashimoto" 24x18 (I think) oil on canvas

Oh what can I say about Jackie Hashimoto? Where do I begin? He blessed me sooo much!

I worked with Carol Yotsuda, Executive Director of Garden Isle Arts Council, Kauai, HI as President under this great woman. I headed up a "Portrait Challenge" one year with her guidance. Carol put a tremendous amount into this show as well. There were three people who had passed that year who family and friends wanted to honor at that show, Jackie Hashimoto being one of them. I contacted his widow telling her I would like to do a portrait of Jackie for the show, I would give it to them at n/c after the show had ended. I did not know him but felt led to do this non the less. I asked her if she could lend me some photos and tell me some things about him.
Jackie was a fisherman. He had a canoe that he would take out in the bay and he would also use his throw net along the coral reefs. He kept his pick up full of things to use to help people should they ever need him. He was a kind and thoughtful man. He died of cancer.
When I started painting him I could feel him. I painted his image and spirit over a 3 day period, crying the whole time. I cried because of the blessings he gave to me with every stroke I made onto my canvas. I cried because he moved me.