Happy birthday to Chris Lassen, Hawaii's foremost artist of the sea who has been cited as one of the most successful environmental artist in the world. Born Christian Riese Lassen, Chris was raised in the island of Maui and at the age of 9, He demonstrate his gifted art talent in school with his simple pencil and white paper as his first tools of creative self-expression. Throughout high school in Lahainaluna, He drew and painted countless landscapes and seascapes which now became some of Maui's land mark of history. He never considered art as a career. His enduring love affair with the ocean and the beauty from the depths of the sea, naturally initiate a lifelong appreciation of art and that is why so many people from around the world are captivated and fallen in love with the art of Lassen.
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