Aloha, e komo mai and welcome to my Restored Hawaiian Kingdom Gallery!
All artwork are © 2016 EMKBlaisdell. All Rights Reserved.
All the work you see here are actual photos of members of the Hawaiian Royal Family during the era of the Hawaiian Kingdom. All photos are fully restored, have been altered and colorized. All the photos had extensive damages due to time, storage and even insects. Each piece had taken me many, many hours to research and restore. Many of the pieces you see will be donated to several organizations in Hawai'i such as the Queen Emma Summer Palace, Hulihe'e Palace on the Big Island and the Queen Lili'uokalani Trust.
It is extremely important to the Kanaka Maoli people (native Hawaiians) that we restore many of these photographs for future generations and to remind the world that Hawai'i wasn't always the 50th state of the United States, but was in fact a recognized Nation among Nations prior to the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom by the United States of America on January 17, 1893.
All of these pieces will be available for purchase soon ranging from sizes 11" x 14" to 24" x 36" framed Canvas prints.
I hope you enjoy these pieces as much as I have enjoyed restoring them
Mahalo and thank you for visiting!
E.M. Keali'i Blaisdell, J.D.