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Just Do It!
Not a motto only for Nike, but my friends and art collectors. We play tennis together and Sheryl and Michael are always perceptive,...
Diane Snoey Appler
Apr 9, 20211 min read
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I Do!
It started with "I do" three years ago and Anne Marie was married to the nicest man she ever knew. Kevin, so in love, decided to re-enact...
Diane Snoey Appler
Jan 27, 20212 min read
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Triathlon Maui Style
One of my walking buddies and I decided we needed to "mix up the walking the neighborhood routine" a bit. Many in our group were either...
Diane Snoey Appler
Nov 7, 20202 min read
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Hana No'eau and Love - (Art and Love)
Last year I contributed news in the Neighborhood Magazine about the Lahaina Arts Guild and the fund raising we were doing. I really...
Diane Snoey Appler
Oct 26, 20201 min read
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Stay-cation 2
Trying to get the most out of what is open on Maui and is safe...that is the goal! And see the places that are often a bit crowded,...
Diane Snoey Appler
Sep 16, 20203 min read
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Guest Post by Sarah Schiltz: Painter of Paradise
A special anniversary gift of a commissioned painting for her husband to celebrate their love.
Diane Snoey Appler
Jul 27, 20201 min read
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Gecko Days
Chunk-Drunk or Hunk? And what's up with the Geckos?
Diane Snoey Appler
Jul 14, 20204 min read
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Sunday Beach Walk - Maui Style
My husband and I love to walk the south Maui Makena Beaches, especially during this quiet time on the island. We'll never see it like...
Diane Snoey Appler
Jun 30, 20201 min read
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Contest Winner Announced
Congratulations to Tricia Coe! Her photo of Keawakapu Beach was voted the top scene for me to paint. Here it is- looking northwest from...
Diane Snoey Appler
Jun 3, 20202 min read
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How Does She Do That?
I typically paint at my art exhibits- its fun for me and my collectors who come to watch. When I am at the Wailea Beach Resort, guests...
Diane Snoey Appler
May 27, 20203 min read
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Quarantini Times
The stay home order for the COVID-19 quarantine is getting pretty old- no tennis, no going to the beach, no restaurants open, with only a...
Diane Snoey Appler
May 21, 20202 min read
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Covid-19 Quarantine, by Boomer (the cat) with Nicole Nissen Hooper, Ghostwriter.
April 1, 2020. These are very interesting times....very strange time in the life of the Maui cat. The two authorities have not left the...
Diane Snoey Appler
Apr 1, 20202 min read
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#socialdistance #corona
What? No way! I'm an artist, I talk to people, I hug aloha....but not right now apparently. You all know about the coronavirus so I don't...
Diane Snoey Appler
Mar 17, 20202 min read
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Come See! Come See! Feb 8 & 9
An update of what Diane is doing for the Maui Open Studios Event (MOS)
Diane Snoey Appler
Feb 4, 20202 min read
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"Heart of Lahaina" Wins the Hearts of Gallery Visitors
The annual Lahaina Poster contest was coming up in August and I was determined to have an entry again this year. Last year I painted the...
Diane Snoey Appler
Oct 5, 20182 min read
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Wait! That's MY View!
Heading for Starbuck's he turned and stopped. He looked intently at this painting and then at me. "You painted this?" Yes, I said, I'm...
Diane Snoey Appler
Jan 31, 20182 min read
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Journey Home Took 80 Years
It started as a Facebook message- from someone I did not know. Not a big surprise since I have my artist site open to anyone to view and...
Diane Snoey Appler
Mar 1, 20172 min read
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Let Me Paint YOUR Paradise
He gave me his Instagram name and said " I love your work. You'd really like my photos I've taken here on Maui, you might want
Diane Snoey Appler
Jan 30, 20172 min read
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Celebrate! One Year!
A year ago I had one of the scariest days of my life- awaiting the verdict with the jury at the Lahaina Arts Society- will they think I...
Diane Snoey Appler
Nov 23, 20162 min read
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Just Maui'd!
"Just Maui'd!" in Maui, Hawaii describes the happy couples getting married here, many along the beach near sunset. I'll walk by two or...
Diane Snoey Appler
Jul 22, 20162 min read
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