document.write("\n<TABLE style=\"BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse\" borderColor=#111111 cellSpacing=10 cellPadding=10 width=\"100%\" border=0>\n<TBODY>\n<TR>\n<TD vAlign=top align=middle width=\"100%\">\n<P align=left><FONT face=Papyrus color=#9d0000 size=6><STRONG>About Us<BR><\/STRONG><\/FONT><FONT color=#008080>ALOHA ISLAND ART SINCE 1970 - NORTH SHORE HALEIWA HAWAII ARTISTS<\/FONT><\/P><\/TD><\/TR>\n<TR>\n<TD vAlign=center align=middle width=\"100%\" background=\"\">\n<HR color=#008080>\n<\/TD><\/TR>\n<TR>\n<TD vAlign=top align=left width=\"69%\"><FONT face=\"Imprint MT Shadow\" color=#a40000 size=4><STRONG>MICHAEL HEMPERLY......GYOTAKU ARTIST<\/STRONG><\/FONT> \n<P><FONT face=\"Imprint MT Shadow\" color=#008080 size=4><STRONG>Michael\'s art of \"GYOTAKU\" fish pressings is a modern version of an ancient art form.&nbsp; Michael is known worldwide for his colorful handpainted fish prints.&nbsp; Gyotaku is a fisherman\'s art originating in Japan centuries ago (\"GYO\" means fish and \"TAKU\" means rubbing.) &nbsp; Michael has been producing and selling his work in Hawaii for 30 years. &nbsp; He generally uses small tropical fish donated by fishermen friends, but occasionally prints larger fish when available.&nbsp; Michael was featured in SEA FRONTIERS, published by the International Oceanographic Foundation back in 1982.&nbsp; From 1972 to 1995 Michael sold his work in the lobby of the Turtle Bay Hilton Hotel.&nbsp; When Michael isn\'t producing fish prints he can be seen driving around the North Shore daily&nbsp;in his 1948 Chevy Fleetline with wood on&nbsp;sides. & racks on top for windsurf gear or at the beach enjoying his favorite pastime, windsurfing...<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/TD><\/TR>\n<TR>\n<TD vAlign=top width=\"69%\">\n<P align=left><STRONG><FONT face=\"Imprint MT Shadow\" color=#a40000 size=4>ILONA KOSZTICS HEMPERLY...ARTIST, AUTHOR, ART INSTRUCTOR<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/P>\n<P align=left><FONT face=\"Imprint MT Shadow\" color=#008080 size=4><STRONG>Ilona is known for her pen and ink drawings of North Shore landmarks, as well as watercolors, acrylics on canvas and handpainted limited edition prints.&nbsp; Inspiration taken from the beauty of the islands has been a delightfully endless source of subject matter for Ilona.&nbsp; She has authored, and illustrated, the children\'s book KITE ISLAND, and more recently, the NORTH SHORE SKETCHBOOK (now in its 3rd series.)&nbsp; She is frequently commissioned to do original paintings, HOUSE PORTRAITS by request, and other design work. &nbsp; Ilona also teaches children\'s art classes in her Sunset Beach studio.<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P>\n<HR color=#008080>\n<\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE>");