Helen Thomas Dranga (British/American, 1866-1940), "Bay View, Hawaii, Possibly Near Honolulu", oil on canvas board, signed lower right, 17-3/4" x 22". Framed. Helen Dranga, a native of Oxford, England, studied at the Kensington College of Art (Royal Art College) before moving to Hilo, Hawaii with her husband and young son in 1901. For the next 27 years, Dranga devoted her life to recording the rich diversity of the Hawaiian shores, flora and inhabitants with a sensitivity and meditative quiescence that appealed to fellow denizens. In the 1920s and 1930s, Dranga's paintings were regularly featured on the cover of Paradise of the Pacific - a prominent Honolulu magazine in circulation since 1888. In the painting offered here, another rare view of Hawaii is disclosed - white sandy beaches nestled amid a sun-drenched cove lined by volcanic rock on the horizon. White beaches, rare as they are, dot the Hawaiian terrain, making it difficult to pinpoint the inlet or bay from where this oeuvre was painted, since Dranga did travel throughout the islands. Hilo is not known for its white beaches, so this view may have been painted near Honolulu where Dranga spent the last few years of her life.