Honolulu Museum of Art:

Theodore Wores (American, 1859-1939)
The Lei Maker, 1901
Gift of Drs. Ben and A. Jess Shenson, 1986

San Francisco painter Theodore Wores is known for portraits, genre scenes, and landscapes inspired by his native city's Chinatown and his travels in Japan. He lived in Honolulu in 1901 and 1902, and like other visiting artists was attracted to the beauty of Hawai'i's people and landscapes. Undoubtedly Wores's best-known Hawai'i picture, The Lei Maker depicts a young woman wearing a bright red holoku, a haku (head lei) of matching blossoms and green maile leaves, and a maile lei. She sits on a woven mat and, pausing to meet our gaze, strings a third lei with the delicate blossoms of the orange 'ilima that tie scattered at her side. Engaging, appealing, sweetly poignant, and completely romanticized, this painting has come to embody the perception of "Old Hawai'i."

Nikon 1 J3 camera, 1 Nikkor 10mm f/2.8 lens.
Program mode, 1/100, f/2.8, iso800, 10mm (FOV 27mm).
Image: 1200h, lens corrected, hand-held.