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Wailua Golf Course

A tribute to Toyo Shirai, the designer of Wailua Golf Course, painted the full width of the clubhouse lanai for the County of Kauaʻi.

CLIENT
County of Kauaʻi Parks & Recreation
LOCATION
Wailua Golf Course clubhouse, Wailua, Kauaʻi
SIZE
Approx. 33 ft × 7 ft (about 230 sq ft)
ON THE WALL
YEAR
2026
SURFACE + MEDIUM
Interior lanai wall, aerosol and brush
THE STORY

WHY THIS WALL

In 2026 the County of Kauaʻi Parks & Recreation brought Trysen on as a direct vendor to paint the clubhouse lanai at Wailua Golf Course, running the full width of the wall above the windows where golfers gather before and after a round.

The mural is a tribute to the man who designed the course. Toyo Shirai stands at one end in black and white, mid-swing, beside a lettered panel telling his story: Wailua was designed by Toyo Shirai and first built as a nine-hole course in the 1930s, with the front nine added in 1961. From his swing, the fairway runs out past the bluffs to the coastline and the ocean, under the hand-lettered line "Where Every Drive Meets The Horizon." Every golfer who walks onto the lanai now meets the person who shaped the course they are about to play.

Trysen painted the wall solo over several weeks beginning in August 2026, with the course open around him. Recap video by AiriX Studio.

BEFORE + AFTER

DRAG TO REVEAL

After
Before
BEFORE
AFTER
HOW IT GOT MADE

LAYER BY LAYER

The full Wailua Golf Course mural from end to end: Toyo Shirai mid-swing beside his course history on the left, the fairway and bluffs in the middle, the coastline on the right, signed 2026 County of Kauaʻi Trysen Kaneshige
LAYER 01
Close-up of the hand-lettered Where Every Drive Meets The Horizon, above a view of Trysen standing beneath the finished mural in the clubhouse
LAYER 02
Detail of course designer Toyo Shirai painted mid-swing in black and white, beside the lettered history of Wailua Golf Course
LAYER 03
Trysen Kaneshige throwing a shaka at the clubhouse lanai under the finished Wailua Golf Course mural, with close-ups of the bluffs and fairway
LAYER 04
IN THEIR WORDS
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A wall like this turns a public space into a place people seek out and remember. Large-scale civic murals start at $10K, quoted as one flat price.

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