02/24/2025
Humbled & honored to have some of my work on display at Viewpoints Gallery in Makawao Maui.
Kirk Scott
Motivated by a lifelong passion for ke kai (the water), an abiding respect of Hawaiian culture, and a family tradition of working with wood, artist Kirk Scott crafts each one-of-a-kind wood paddle as a love song to Hawaii.
Kirk's work is inspired by the juxtaposition of the tranquil beauty and majestic danger that has always called him to the sea. Having spent a lifetime on the Pacific Ocean, Kirk is challenged, calmed, and renewed by the ocean's water. As a paddler of a six-man outrigger canoe, Kirk has crossed all the channels connecting the major Hawaiian Islands and is in the process of circumnavigating all the islands in the chain.
His work pays homage to the Hawaiian and Polynesian cultures in the design, shape, styles, and traditional patterns reflected in each hand-crafted piece. His choice of materials, the rare and beautiful koa wood found only in Hawaii, was made as a tribute to the islands and the culture..
