Artist: Esther Hi'ilani Candari
Titles:
Delicate Tropicals (Oil and metal leaf on walnut)
Fruit of the Mother Tree (Mixed media on illustration board)
Grains (Oil and metal leaf on walnut)
Ginger Rains (Oil and metal leaf on walnut, Grains, oil and metal leaf on walnut)
Green Glow (Oil and metal leaf on walnut)
Mitra Mitra (Oil and metal leaf on walnut)
Rising From Brokenness (Oil and silver leaf on walnut)
About the Artist: Esther Hi’ilani Candari is primarily a figurative artist and explores concepts such as; multiracial identity; gender and the female gaze in the context of religion; and the nuance of human psychology that can be expressed through portraiture. As an academic, her research and written work complement her visual artistry and serve to enrich and inform conversations related to race, gender, and Latter-day Saint doctrine. Much of her work draws upon her experiences growing up in Hawai’i in a mixed race household. She has an BFA from BYU-H, an MFA from Liberty University, has studied at the New York Academy of Art. Currently, she lives in Utah County with her husband, two rescue dogs, and an ever-growing collection of houseplants.
