Caren Ke'alaokapualehua Loebel-Fried

Caren Ke'alaokapualehua Loebel–Fried is a storyteller and second-generation carver who learned the ancient art of block printing from her mother. Growing up on the New Jersey shore, she spent summers exploring the beach while her mother worked on woodcuts and taught by example. Her love of nature, art, mythology, dreams, and learning about cultures that live “at one” with nature, came together for her the first time she visited the Big Island of Hawai’i. She felt all of the energies that the legends describe manifested in the elements and animals around her. Caren did extensive research at Bishop Museum Library and Archives in Honolulu on the ancient Hawaiian culture and explored the storied places of Hawai’i.

Caren spends her time with her husband and son in Volcano, Hawai`i, and in New Jersey.

For more information about Caren check out her web site: Caren Loebel-Fried.