LAVA LIGHT GALLERIES
Background: I often see beautiful pictures of erupting volcanoes, flowing molten lava and spectacular beach pictures, which are attributed to C.J. Kale and LavaLamp galleries, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. I decided to do some research on the gallery and the artist.
LAVA LIGHT GALLERIES, INC....WAIKOLOA, KAILUA-KONA AND ONLINE
The Lava Light Galleries have been around for about ten years on the Big Island of Hawaii. Started by CJ Kale and Nick Selway, our first "gallery" was a kiosk open at night in downtown Kailua-Kona. In 2009, we opened a small gallery that still remains in downtown Kona, near the Palace on Ali'i Drive. In 2013, Don and Linda Hurzeler joined the gallery and we opened our beautiful showcase gallery in the Queens Market Place at Waikoloa on the Big Island. We are between Quiksilver and the Bike Works and open 9:30am to 9:30 pm 365 days a year.
Gallery in KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII (OUR SMALL GALLERY) IS 75-5707 ALI'I DRIVE, KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII 96740. WE ARE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HULIHE'E PALACE.
GALLERY IN WAIKOLOA QUEENS MARKETPLACE, HAWAII (OUR BIG GALLERY) IS AT 69-201 WAIKOLOA BEACH DRIVE, F13 (LOCATED BETWEEN QUIKSILVER AND THE BIKE WORKS), HAWAII 96738
C.J. KALE
CJ Kale is a master photographer. He has won numerous contests, had his photos hung in the Smithsonian Museum, earned the cover of National Geographic and numerous other covers including Outdoor Photography Magazine. CJ has been on television...everything from local productions to the Today Show and Galileo (German tv). He, along with Nick Selway, were the first ever to shoot photos down the tube of a wave with lava flowing into the sea at the other end of the tube. CJ was raised in Hawaii, was a Navy Rescue Swimmer, a state champion competitive swimmer and a life long surfer. He is married, has two children and lives in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
LINDA HURZELER
Linda Hurzeler has a degree in Art, worked as an interior designer and raised two children. She took up photography at retirement. Working with CJ Kale, Nick Selway and her husband Don, she has quickly become an excellent photographer. She entered her first photo contest this year...Natures Best...a big contest. One of her images made it to the semi-finals. She is quick to point out that her Lapahoehoe Starburst was the first image ever sold in our Waikoloa gallery...and that her Turtlelicious photo is a current best seller. Linda and Don have been married nearly 50 years and live in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
DON HURZELER
Don Hurzeler is a life long photographer who only learned how to really work the camera after teaming up with CJ and Nick. Over the past ten years he has learned his craft well. Don got first place in an Outdoor Photography Magazine contest that drew over 30,000 entries, has placed in other contests and recently had four images in the semi-finals of the Natures Best contest. Don has sold images for books, advertisements, newspaper stories and the like. His photos were featured on the Australian Today Show. He uses his own photos as covers for the books he writes...that he then publishes using Kua Bay Publishing LLC...which he founded and owns. Don is a retired CEO of an insurance company, past president of the Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters, past member of the board of directors of American Nuclear Insurers and an NCAA Division Two All-American in Track and Field and life long surfer.
Together...C.J. Kale, Linda Hurzeler and Don Hurzeler are the Lava Light Galleries.
Conclusion
The gallery is very beautiful. The large number of great pictures of lava flows on land and into the sea are truly stunning. The beauty of a sunset truly exists on a spectrum and the sunsets and sunrises in the gallery were truly stunning. The gallery is very popular amongst locals and tourists with some tour buses stopping to allow shoppers to purchase these great works of art. If your in Hawaii you should visit this gallery. If your not able consider ordering art online from their website.
✍🏼 by Shortsegments.