The exhibition “Illusion and Reality” in the Performance Space at Honolulu’s Downtown Art Center showcases photorealistic oil paintings by two artists from two generations. Charles Valoroso is “the Boomer,” a self-described art activist who recently returned home to Hawaiʻi after 50 years in arts education in California. Crissia Vaughn is “the Millennial” who grew up on Oʻahu and recently graduated with a BFA in painting from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
The two artists were recently interviewed on HPR’s “The Conversation.”