Heavily textured watercolors that play quietly with hand-applied 22k gold leaf, these are the principal elements one discovers in a Sigal painting.

The artist delights in painting the beautiful tropical florals of Hawaii, along with the languid island beauties that look as if they had stepped from a Paul Gaugan canvas.

Sigal is widely traveled. Now a resident of Hana, she comes from Venezuela. Along the way Sigal graduated from the famed Parson School of Design in New York. A textile designer, Sigal loves to present her work in unusual fabric matting.

It's very difficult to look at one of Sigal's paintings and not "feel" something. Her paintings seem to evoke memories; of a time gone-by, a time when we saw similar golden scenes that made us feel happy or contented. There is an almost "dreamy" Old World quality to her work.

Sigal also designs jewelry, preferring gold filled rather than 14k or 18k gold so as to keep her custom pieces affordable. It is also better for people who cannot wear 14k or 18k gold because of a skin reaction. Her work is not gold-plated.

The Hana Coast Gallery is proud to exhibit the fine artistic talents of yet another of our Hana residents. Sigal Choucroun is not an emerging artist, but rather she is a confidant, well-trained artist of mature vision and accomplishment.

Her work has been finding its way into private collections both in Hawaii, the US mainland and South America for many years.