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Rep. Gil Riviere speaks with artist Bill Braden

Art at the capitol is an annual event in Honolulu, Hawaii. Rep. Gil Riviere speaks with artist Bill Braden.

Bill Braden was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1958. He moved to Hawaii 1970. Bill studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 1976 and received a BA from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence Rhode Island and Rome, Italy in 1980. Even though Bill studied at these top art schools he feels it was painting on location in Hawaii that gave him the real applied experience he needed to be a land and seascape artist. His first exhibition was called Lanikai Perspective at Kailua Gallery in 1978.


Bill was selected from over 200 applicants to paint The Best Beaches of Hawaii for the City and County of Honolulu in 1990. He credits his experience being one of a handful of artist at Wyland Galleries Hawaii (out of thousands of applicants) in the 90's as the best business schooling ever. His work can be seen at the gift shops of the Honolulu Academy of Arts and Bishop Museum in Honolulun s well as in many other gift shops and galleries all over the state of Hawaii.

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