Regarded as one of Hawaii’s important painters, Peter Hayward specialized in oil painting. He was born in Keene, NH and graduated from Middlebury College. His painting topics ranged from urbanscapes to seascapes to landscapes. He has always been praised that his masterful techniques captured the essence of the flora and topography of Hawai’i. His exceptional palette knife skills have put him in the forefront with a select group of painters.

Hayward worked for many of his later years out of a beachfront studio near Punalu'u, which was sort of an artist and writer’s retreat from urban Honolulu. Many of us remember him with his easel, either on the beach or on the side of the road. His works have steadily risen in value over time and a...