The Artist Bringing Hawaiian History to Life | Brook & Drena Parker Keep it Aloha (Ep. 220)
About this episode
Brook and Drena Parker discuss their journey as Native Hawaiian entrepreneurs and artists, focusing on Hawaiian history and culture.
Brook and Drena Parker are Native Hawaiian entrepreneurs from the island of O’ahu. Brook is a multidisciplinary artist, historian, and genealogist , whose work brings Hawaiian history and ancestral stories to life through powerful visual art. His paintings often portray aliʻi and figures from Hawaiian history with deep research and cultural respect, honoring the moʻolelo and legacy of our kūpuna. He comes from a long line of storytellers and historians and is even a descendant of John Palmer Parker of Parker Ranch and Rachael Keliʻikipikanekaolohaka Ohiaku, a great-granddaughter of Kamehameha I. Most recently, he was hired to create promotional art for Jason Momoa’s epic series “Chief of War”. Alongside him is Drena, his wife, mother of their beautiful children, biggest supporter, and business partner who helps bring his work to the world and support the mission behind the art. In this episode we talk about their childhoods in Hawaiʻi and beyond, how Brook got into art, how they met, building their art into a business, the spiritual side of their work, working on Chief of War, their family, and more. Enjoy! Full episodes:🎥 https://www.youtube.com/@KeepitAlohaPod/videos Buy our…
People in this episode
Host: Kamaka Dias
Guests: Brook Parker, Drena Parker
Topics covered
- Hawaiian history
- art
- entrepreneurship
- family
- cultural heritage
- storytelling
Keywords
- Hawaiian art
- entrepreneurs
- cultural respect
- visual art
- storytelling
- family
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Chief of War
Places: O’ahu
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