This listing is for a PRINT ON PAPER of my painting "Malolo Airlines".

Dimensions: 11"x 17"

The original painting was done in acrylics, by me, the artist RARABIRD. This is a paper REPRODUCTION.

This PAPER PRINT will be shipped flat, in a clear plastic sleeve, on a backing board, inside a padded envelope.

I painted this for the 2020 Christmas Tiki Art Show for Creative Framing and Gallery n Oakland, CA.


Depicted is a flying fish (“Mālolo” in Hawaiian), which is also an airline service for Tiki Gods. It is an imaginative mash-up of what a real flying fish looks like, which you would typically see in the South Pacific. This fish is reimagined as a vintage island-hopper propeller plane. It is in the retro-style of a 1940’s travel poster.

Flying the “plane” is Captain Bob, a pilot and a famous Tiki mug from the historical Tiki Bob’s Tiki Restaurant in San Francisco (now converted to something else). The passengers inside the windows are the four main Hawaiian AKUA Gods: Ku, Kane, Kanaloa and Lono. In the final seat is a Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Moai, listening contentedly to his headphones.

The quote “Fly The Finly Skies” is a spoof on the old United Airlines advertisement “Fly The Friendly Skies”.

The fish plane is flying over the Hawaiian Islands.

The ID number on the plane says HI 5-O (Hawaii Five-O, after the TV program from the 1960’s).


My signature is painted below the Big Island of Hawaii on the far bottom right.


International shipping can be calculated per destination.

All prints are printed ON DEMAND. It takes one week to process: place the order at the printer, and packaging the print for shipping. Shipping and handling may take up to one week. Expect AT LEAST A WEEK from the date of placing your order to receiving your print.

Please see my other pages for other pieces painted by me.

Mahalo!