Freestyle Friday

"I'm not gonna be your Kalua Pig."

Aloha Friday!

Here is our fun drawing for the week, we hope you have a great long weekend!

Super Citizen is now in Kahala Mall! Check out their newly-renovated space to score some eco-friendly goodies! We just stocked them up with more Vers tees! :) 

Board Meeting Monday

A bloom of boards! Inspired by spring and all the flowers that were given for Mother's Day, here is our fanciful flower! Now if we could just figure out how to grow these... ;)

Let's kick off the month of May!

Tomorrow at 11am! Join us for a fun fashion show and keiki event at Native Books/ Na Mea Hawaii! Spring has sprung and it's time to celebrate! 

*Thanks to Honolulu Weekly for spreading the word, you can read the feature here.

Modern Luxury Hawaii

Mahalo to Drift Boutique Hawaii for the mention in Modern Luxury Hawai'i Magazine! Congratulations to Drift for being featured as Best of Style! You can check out the full version of the issue here.

Carpe Diem

Aloha Monday! Cheers to the beginning of a new week, with all its opportunities! That said, why stop at three fins when you can have ten? ;) Carpe Diem!

Our shirts are now available at Native Books/ Na Mea Hawaii! 

This awesome shop is stocked with goods made by local artisans, craftspeople and writers, be sure to check them out at Ward Warehouse!

Sunday Funday

On Sunday we had a day full of adventures. 

To celebrate Earth Day, we started off with a beach clean-up at Makapuu!

To see a little video showing the day's events, click here.

The event was organized by Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii, who also sponsored a concert and fair at Sea Life Park! Matt and I hadn't been there since we were kids, so it was fun to watch the dolphin show and see all the other sea creatures.

While we were in Waimanalo, we ate at Serg's Mexican Kitchen.
 A stop at the skate park made us crave something sweet, so we ended the day with shave ice at Island Snow! Oh yeahhh! 

Cheers to an awesome day!

Board Meeting Monday

"This Logger loves logging time on his log!"

In Print!

A big mahalo to GREEN Magazine for featuring Vers in their Art Issue! They chose a photo from our shoot with Dallas Nagata White Photography and gave it a full page! Sweeeet!

*You can pick up a copy of this magazine at locations listed here, or read an online copy here.

It's.... Board Meeting Monday! Beat the Monday blues by checking out our fun weekly sketches. Here is our first holiday-inspired board, the Easter Egg! This is the egg I would love to find in a basket ;) Hope your Easter was egg-cellent!

Painting at a Pop-Up Restaurant!

Artists in the house! The Greenhouse that is! On Saturday we had a live painting session as part of a pop-up restaurant in Kakaako. It was a collaboration between Off-Menu Catering, Miso & Ale, Off-Premise, and HUBurban. Gavin from Reckon Shop organized the artists, and we had a nice table to set up on. Matt and I started two paintings on wood, inspired by tree houses and river boats!

Setting up!

Jeff Gress and Kenny worked on painting the windows!

At the end of the night, five guests each won a Vers giftbag that included

the "You're Swell" notecards, a gift certificate, and our "Off Da Grid" print!

This is how far we got on the paintings that night, still some work to do...

we'll post pictures when they're finished!

Screen printing!

Thanks to everyone who came out to Friday's ARTafterDARK at the Honolulu Museum of Art! We had a lot of fun printing with you!

PROCESS- ARTafterDARK

We're prepping the screens for tomorrow's ARTafterDARK event at the Honolulu Museum of ART!

ARTafterDARK

Iaorana! This Friday we will taking part in ARTafterDARK at the Honolulu Museum of Art!

The first 100 members will be able to screen print with us, and take home their own print! We will have the Peaceful Ocean and Tools of the Trade designs there to choose from. The event is very popular, so be sure to come at the beginning of the night to participate! The beautiful galleries, food, music, and art demonstrations make ARTafterDARK the perfect way to spend a Friday night!

For information and directions to the museum, click here.

Trip Around the Island

In case you haven't been able to make it to the show Trip Around the Island in Chinatown, here is a peek at our finished pieces! They represent the parts of Oahu known as Kahuku, Turtle Bay, and the North Shore. The show is up until March 24th, stop by to see these and more than 20 other pieces in person!

*For more info, see the facebook event page here.

"Draw the Line" Fundraiser

On Friday, Matt and I were part of a group of artists that donated our time to raise money for Kumu Kahua Theatre. It is a local community theater, and their plays always give a unique perspective on both historical and contemporary life in Hawaii. We spent a couple hours drawing on paper, and each piece was hung on the wall for visitors to buy for only $20! Matt and I collaborated on the drawings, alternately painting watercolors or drawing with ink. It was a fun night of drawing, making new friends, and helping an awesome organization!

Style Your Sole

Excited for tomorrow's event! Matt and I will be painting TOMS Shoes for Whole Foods in Kahala! This is a great opportunity to get a one-of-a-kind gift for yourself or your Valentine!

Below is a video from a Style Your Sole event in California!

Vers Goes to the Skate Park!

Barefoot board antics, brought to you by Vers!

To see the video, click here.

First Show of the Year!

Join us for the opening reception of Trip Around the Island on February 10th! This show will be on view at The ARTS at Marks Garage in Chinatown from February 7th to March 24th.

See the facebook event page here.

Curated by Sonny Ganaden, this show is based on the diverse areas of Oahu island. It features 30 pieces that were first printed with a lithograph image by Sonny, then passed on to 12 other artists to complete. We were given three prints to work on, representing Haleiwa, Turtle Bay, and Kahuku. We worked alternately in layers- I laid down some watercolor washes, Matt sketched, I filled in shapes with more color, Matt inked the black and added more details, then I finished off by stitching in some colored thread! Whew! It has been a fun process and we look forward to seeing what the other artists have done!

Here are two of the mixed media pieces in progress:

"Turtle Bay"

"Kahuku"