The painting is based on a picture taken at Mauna Kea Beach Park, Hawaii. There’s a hut there called the Pukalani Superette. It sells sandwiches and ice cream, but also surfboards for rent and other beach-related equipment. The adjacent parking lot is a popular place for photographs because it has a view of the white sand beach, the blue ocean, and of course, Mauna Kea.
When I arrived at 10pm there were already people lined up for their chance to snap a picture of themselves in this location with their cellphones or disposable cameras.
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