For me, no one paints the birds of Hawaii quite like MARIAN BERGER, who lives and works in Volcano Village. She was born in Limerick, Ireland. Her father was a meterologist who gave her a love of science.
She spent part of her early childhood in Alaska where she learned to love the great outdoors. From her mother she learned to love the arts. 
"I assumed that art was a natural part of life, a way that everyone expressed themselves."
She graduated from Humbolt State in California with a degree in wildlife management, moving to the Big Island in 1976. She worked as a dental assistant and studied rats, but continued her art work.
She has had exhibitions at Volcano Art Gallery Center and has won many awards.
Pictures:
Top: Palilia- found only on the slopes of Mauna Kea in mamane-naio forest
Middle: Hawaiian Crow (Alala)- now extinct in the wild- few left in captivity.
Bottom: 'IO- Hawaiian Hawk A symbol of royalty in Hawaiian Legend)
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