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Bill Braden, on left, attends an Aug. 24 meet-the-artist event at Hawai’i Prince Hotel. The North Shore artist is pictured with Trust for Public Land field representative Kevin Chang, TPL Hawai’i program director Lea Hong, and TPL Hawai’i development director Keith Kraughto. [Click image for larger view.] - Photo: Courtesy of Trust for Public Land

Artist seeks to stem North Shore development

By Lisa Asato / Ka Wai Ola

Local artist Bill Braden is taking up the cause to prevent further development around Turtle Bay Resort on O’ahu’s North Shore. The painter, muralist and sculptor will donate half the proceeds of the sale of his painting Kawela Bay to the Campaign to Save Turtle Bay, which supports efforts to acquire and conserve 850 acres – including five miles of undeveloped shoreline – and more than 400 acres of agricultural land near the resort.

Braden’s Kawela Bay triptych comprises three panels that can be hung in different rooms or separately on one large wall. An exhibition of his works is showing at the Hawai’i Prince Hotel through Sunday, Aug. 31. The artist’s work includes commissions for the North Shore Community Land Trust, Surfrider Foundation and POSSE Project in an effort to help protect beautiful places threatened by man, according to his web site.

Kawela Bay by Bill Braden. [Click image for larger view.] - Photo: Courtesy of Trust for Public Land

The Campaign to Save Turtle Bay is a community fundraising effort of the Ko’olauloa North Shore Alliance, which was formed to help prevent development on the lands mauka and makai of the resort. The Trust for Public Land, an alliance member, serves on Gov. Linda Lingle’s Turtle Bay Advisory Working Group to help develop a plan to acquire the property. Lingle proposed buying the land in her state of the state speech in January in order to preserve the community’s rural nature.

For information on the Campaign to Save Turtle Bay, visit www.tpl.org/turtlebay .

For information on Braden, visit www.billbraden.com .