Stephanie Signorelli on a longboard at sunset off the windward coast of Oʻahu
Stephanie Signorelli signature

About the artist

Painted by the ocean.

Acrylic seascapes, hand-painted longboard fins, and reimagined furniture, made on the windward side of Oʻahu.

The water gets into everything.

I grew up in the Florida Keys and now paint on Oʻahu, where the water shapes my work in both literal and abstract ways. I move between tight realism and loose, funky color: from a humpback gliding under a stormy sky to eagle rays drifting across the curve of a surfboard fin. Most pieces start with a single experience in the water that I can't stop replaying until it becomes a painting.

A strip of Stephanie's own ocean photographs: reef fish, sharks, rays and Oʻahu coastline
From the water. Most paintings start as a moment like one of these.
“My paintings let me relive my favorite experiences in nature every time I look at them.” Stephanie Signorelli

The fin is the signature

Longboard fins are an odd canvas: curved, glossy, and small, they force every wave and ray into a tight frame. They've become the thing people recognize first: a slice of Oʻahu you can hold in one hand.

Hand-painted longboard fin

Press

Spotlighted in The Green Room at 831, Oʻahu's local art issue.

A two-page feature on the work, the water, and the small-scale acrylics that started it all.

Steph Sig painted on canvas
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