Born and raised on O’ahu, Verne Presnall, with a personal letter from Alan Watts, was able to escape Vietnam and the draft, instead running a home for emotionally disturbed boys. Verne’s working life as a metal worker included extended stays in the Middle East. After retirement, he ended up on the Big Island where pursued his interests in photography and metalworking, frequently exhibiting. He volunteered with various community organizations. If you visited the ‘Awapuhi Labyrinth in the past, you doubtless enjoyed his dancing metal mobiles, colorful flying fish, and the magnificently well-groomed traveler palms gracing the entrance. That was all Verne’s doing.

Mahalo, Verne. Aloha.