Puʻu ka Manu | Makahoa

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Jon Apisa. Puʻu ka Manu | Makahoa. 2025. watercolor on paper, 8" x 6" (20.32cm x 15.24cm).

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Puʻu ka Manu | Makahoa painting by Jon Apisa.

This was painted with watercolor on paper, 8" x 6" (20.32cm x 15.24cm).

Puʻu ka Manu is the mountain peak and Makahoa is the point. This was painted from a view of Puʻu ka Manu and Makahoa at Hanalei Bay on Kauaʻi

Mountain is:

• Mauna in Hawaiʻi
• Mauga in Sāmoa
• Moʻuga in Tonga
• Mouʻa in Tahiti
• Maunga in Māori
• Mouga in Niuē

Point (headland) is:

• Lae in Hawaiʻi
• Tolotolo in Sāmoa
• Muifonua in Tonga
• ʻotuʻe in Tahiti
• Matafonua in Niuē

Bay is:

• Hana in Hawaiʻi
• Faga in Sāmoa
• Kōmaki in Tonga
• ʻŌʻoʻa in Tahiti
• Whanga in Māori
• Loto ava in Niuē

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Puʻu ka Manu | Makahoa watercolor sketchbook painting by Jon Apisa 12/21/2025

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