Tours offer Kauai in palettes, paints

By Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 28, 2011

~~<p>Every artist has a special muse. Cynthia Riedel's was an elderly impressionist named Leonard Herbert.</p>
<p>During his final years, Herbert's infirmities kept him confined to his Lihue condo most of the time, away from the natural beauty of Kauai that he loved. Still, he painted every day, transforming whatever he saw from his lanai and windows — pigeons, old abandoned cars, even crumpled pieces of paper — into beautiful works of art.</p>
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Every artist has a special muse. Cynthia Riedel's was an elderly impressionist named Leonard Herbert.

During his final years, Herbert's infirmities kept him confined to his Lihue condo most of the time, away from the natural beauty of Kauai that he loved. Still, he painted every day, transforming whatever he saw from his lanai and windows — pigeons, old abandoned cars, even crumpled pieces of paper — into beautiful works of art. Login for more...