Freelance artist Curtis Cabral’s first Ching Young Village Shopping Center mural was 4-foot by 80-foot. “I did it with spray paint,” said the 14-year North Shore resident.

“I used to hire some of the kids from Hanalei Gourmet to help me with my murals,” said Cabral. “I’d tell these transient hippies, ‘Don’t you want to aspire to something else besides a dishwasher?”

But ultimately the kids he’d recruit were here only short-term and wouldn’t last long enough to finish a project.

“Then a friend of mine asked me why I bother with the transient community,” said Cabral.
Point taken.

Cabral decided to reach into the loyal community of artists that were not only passionate about making art, but also, a committed community of Kaua‘i citizens.

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(Source: Pam Woolway, Kauai Garden Island News)