Just released a new Geisha reverse painted chandelier in my Honolulu Beauties Series. This is a 24″ diameter piece and features one ‘Geisha’ face. My Honolulu Beauties are inspired by the picture brides that went to Hawaii in the early 1900s. They left everything they knew behind in their homelands—their family, their foods, their climateHonolulu Beauties Series, reverse hand painted chandelier by Jenny Floravita and ways of life to start fresh with a husband that most of them had never met. All they had were the pictures that were sent over from prospective men who had toiled for years in the sugar cane plantations. It could take many years to save up enough money to send for a bride so most men were not as young as their pictures suggested and this was, of course, distressful for many brides.

Some would turn around and go back to Japan and others would stick it out to carve a new life in Hawaii. The tropical flowers that I’ve painted in this piece are lush and exotic and pay homage to a new life in the islands. I think that with time, many of these women did find happiness in this new world and many settled in and with them, they brought the traditions of their land which are now intermingled in the islands. Hawaii is a land where many peoples of the Pacific Rim have come with dreams of a new life.

Honolulu Beauties Series, reverse hand painted chandelier by Jenny Floravita

A favorite section in this new reverse painted chandelier is to the left of the Geisha face. Exotic orchids, plumerias, gingers and leaves create a burst of energy and movement. Cherry blossoms shower our Geshia. Plumerias line the bottom of the chandelier. This is a very colorful reverse painted chandelier. Stay tuned for another Honolulu Beauties Series release, a 28″ reverse painted chandelier drying now!