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Image:
14.00" x 10.00"
Mat Border:
2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
19.50" x 15.50"
Mele Kalikimaka #3 Framed Print
by James Temple
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Mele Kalikimaka #3 framed print by James Temple. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Design Details
Mele Kalikimaka is the English phrase Merry Christmas as pronounced in Hawaiian. The missionaries reduced the Hawaiian language to written form,... more
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Artist's Description
"Mele Kalikimaka" is the English phrase "Merry Christmas" as pronounced in Hawaiian. The missionaries reduced the Hawaiian language to written form, enabling the Hawaiian people to read and write in their own language. Many words for which there were no clear Hawaiian language equivalents were translated phonetically.
The words "Mele Kalikimaka" are a phonetic translation. When the missionaries and other Westerners first brought the custom of Christmas to the Hawaiian Islands, the Hawaiians had difficulty pronouncing Merry Christmas and turned it into words that rolled more easily off their tongues.
This was one of nine 4'x8' paintings by Eugene Francis Savage (1883-1978) called "Island Feast". The paintings were commissioned by the Matson Shipping line in 1948. This image was restored to its original state by James Temple from an old lithographed menu cover used in the dining room of the refurbished Matson flagship "Lurline".
About James Temple
I've lived in Hawaii since 2002, 1200 feet above sea level, on the small rural island of Moloka'i. It is very quiet here, with only about 7,400 residents. I appreciate the quiet life after spending 35 years as a commercial illustrator, senior art director and design director for major advertising agencies and design studios in Chicago, San Francisco and Palo Alto California. I've always loved cooking. In 2002 that love led me to a degree in the Culinary Arts just before moving to Hawaii. Since then I designed and built a house, worked in local restaurants, self-published three cookbooks, and took up photography as a hobby. Now retired, I spend most of my time developing recipes and photographing them, plus researching and writing...
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Maya Bukhina
Marvelous painting !
James Temple replied:
Thanks Maya!
Sharon McConnell
Beautiful restorative artwork of this lovely painting, James. Thank you for the informative description, as well! L/F/Twt
James Temple replied:
Thanks Sharon!
A Hillman
Beautiful! l/f
James Temple replied:
Thanks Sunny, I really like the way this turned out. James
Kathy Kelly
My parents retired to the Big Island in 1987 and we spent Christmas there for 20 years. This piece brings back so many wonderful memories. L/F
James Temple replied:
Aloha Kathy, thank you for sharing this with me. I took a look at your work... you are very talented! James
Dorothy Pugh
Splendid! l/f
James Temple replied:
Thank you Dorothy.
larisa Fedotova
Fabulous James!! l/f
James Temple replied:
Thanks so much Larisa.
Zenya Zenyaris
Fabulous work and vivid colors! l/f
James Temple replied:
Thank you Zenya!
Svetlana Korneliuk
Gorgeous art work!
James Temple replied:
Thank you Svetlana
Heidi Fickinger
Fabulous James!!
James Temple replied:
Mahalo Heidi!
Jane M Dahl
Absolutely gorgeous and great history of the language and this beautiful poster. Love it! Featured in Hawaiiana. Aloha nui! L/F
James Temple replied:
Mahalo Jane for the feature!