Bob Flint
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Bob Flint (born 1941), also known as Robert Flint, is an American ceramic artist. He arrived in
University of Hawaii
, earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in fine art, with a specialization in ceramics.
For twenty years Bob Flint worked from a studio at his home in Manoa, Hawaii. In 1998 he moved his studio to Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii on the island of Maui, where he now resides and continues his ceramic work.
Throughout his career, Bob Flint has admired Native Hawaiian feather capes (Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts:
- A wall of ceramic fish in Waikiki at the intersection of Seaside and Kalakaua avenues.
- Three ceramic murals in the Honolulu. The murals surround three drinking fountain areas and are sculpted and carved tile depicting Blue Ginger, Shell Ginger and Torch Ginger.
- A tile sculpture of a "kahili" (ceremonial standard marking the presence of a Hawaiian chief) installed at King Kekaulike High School.
- Hawaiian Mountain Series I, a 1974 ceramic sculpture in Kauikeaouli Hale, Honolulu
- Sandwich Isle, a 1977 ceramic sculpture at Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu
- Pulelehua (Kamehameha Butterfly), a 1986 ceramic mural at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
References
- ^ Hawaii State Art Museum wall label, Uila (Lightning) by Robert Flint, ceramic and metal coatings, 2012
- Kayal, Michele, "Journeys; Hidden on Maui, A Place for Art", New York Times, Friday, March 7, 2008.
- Tswei, Suzanne, "Drinking Fountain Art Makes Big Splash at Convention Center", Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Sunday, May 20, 2001.
- Yoshihara, Lisa A., Collective Visions, 1967-1997, An Exhibition Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Program, Presented at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, September 3-October 12, 1997, Honolulu, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 1997, p. 144.