The Artist Bringing Hawaiian History to Life | Brook & Drena Parker Keep it Aloha (Ep. 220)
Brook and Drena Parker are Native Hawaiian entrepreneurs from the island of O’ahu. Brook is a multidisciplinary artist, historian, and genealogist , whose work brings Hawaiian history and ancestral stories to life through powerful visual art. His paintings often portray aliʻi and figures from Hawaiian history with deep research and cultural respect, honoring the moʻolelo and legacy of our kūpuna.
He comes from a long line of storytellers and historians and is even a descendant of John Palmer Parker of Parker Ranch and Rachael Keliʻikipikanekaolohaka Ohiaku, a great-granddaughter of Kamehameha…
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