Its a New Year to celebrate Art!

by Bob Freitas

 Back to my roots at Cedar Street Galleries, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Time marches on - steel, koa and poplar wood.

Ideology - Steel, Oak and Koa wood

Survival - Steel, Koa and Poplar wood

Evolve - Steel, Koa and aluminum detail

The sum of the parts - Painted wood

Evolve - Steel, Koa and aluminum

Email me at Mydesignworks2@gmail.com if you have any questions about the work.  Please support your local Art Galleries they are vital to the communities that they serve.

Happy Holidays 2018

Hope you had a great 2018 and as we look to 2019 I created a new site www.bobfreitas.art this site is focused on my new work and the mydesignworks.com site will focus on the Hawaii art community.  HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Opening at The ARTS at Marks Garage, Honolulu, Hawaii

E uhi wale no, a'ole e nalo he imu puhi
Imaikalani Kalahele, Bob Freitas & Cory Taum

 Opens January 5, 2018

Abstract Sculptures, Paintings, Poetry & Music...A multi-generational exhibition. Illustrating narratives from a Hawaiian perspective while cross-pollinating ancestral knowledge with modern influences.

Reflections on the issues of culture, Hawaiian identity, land alienation, American exploitation, cultural decolonization, social-cultural spaces, places, and environments, urban development, environmental degradation, cultural memory, and resistance. Imagining a society that links the past with the present and the future. Honoring the limitless boundaries of the contemporary Hawaiian art movement to start the new year…Show runs January 5-30, 2018 GALLERY  HOURS: Tue.-Sat. 12p-5p

Contact Art Show 2017 featuring local artists

Opens Friday July 7, 2017

Marks Garage, Honolulu, Hawaii

"A lasting Legacy" 

Over the past 2,000 years many people have made Hawaii home each adding to the richness of the culture by respecting, embracing and contributing to the evolution of Hawaii's unique culture.

The stone/pohaku is moving through time and space, each of the multi-colored horizontal forms represent the many generations who have made Hawaii home and have been affected by the magic of Hawaii.  As future generations make Hawaii home each succeeding level will grow and they will leave their legacies while the pohaku will remain unchanged.  The color variations on each level represent the temporal cycles: the yesterdays, todays and tomorrows experienced by the various generations that all contribute to the legacy.

  "What happened to the sandal wood trees"my new work at the Louis Pohl Gallery, 1142 Bethel St.,  Honolulu, Hawaii.  Gallery hours are Tuesdays-Fridays from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., free.   For more information call 808-521-1812.  

Show runs to August 26, 2016

‘Temporal Convergence’

 Two friends Imaikalani Kalahele and Bob Freitas Painting and Sculpture

Opening August 5, 2016 at Louis Pohl Gallery, 1142 Bethel St.,  Honolulu, Hawaii gallery hours Tuesdays-Fridays from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., free.  An artist reception is on Aug. 5 from 6-9 p.m. For more information call 808-521-1812.  

Show runs to August 26, 2016