Edwin Kayton is an artist acomplished in many mediums, including oils, life drawing, print-making, etching, sculpture and woodworking.  Since moving to Hawaii in 1977, the primary focus of his artistic endeavors has been the Hawaiian personality, although his works include other American and European subject matter.

Kayton's background includes drafting, graphics and woodworking.  He graduated from Museum Art School (Pacific Northwest School of Art) in Portland, Oregon in 1967, receiving the school's "Outstanding Student" award and completing a detailed thesis on stone lithography.

Kayton has been featured in over one hundred solo and group exhibits in Hawaii and the West Coast since 1981.  He toured the West Coast in 1987, Europe in 1990 and again exhibited along the West Coast in 1995 during the culturally-historic voyage of Hokule`a, Hawaii's double-hulled sailing canoe.

Sculpture has played an important role in Kayton's career.  His nine-piece series of the Kamehameha dynasty was unveiled in Hawaii's state capitol then honored with a senate rotunda exhibit in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the late U.S. Senator Spark Matsunaga.  A bronze casting of his life-size bust of Hawaii's astronaut, Col. Ellison S. Onizuka, is among the NASA memorabilia in the space museum at Keahole International Airport in Kailua-Kona.

The artist makes his own stretcher bars and custom koa frames, a rare and elegant wood indigenous to the Islands.  His works are included in many corporate collections throughout Hawaii including Hilton Waikoloa, The Royal Waikoloan, Hotel King Kamehameha, Mauna Lani Bay Resort, Keauhou Beach Hotel, Hawaiian Regent, Maui Inter-Continental (Outrigger), Maui Marriott, Kaanapali Beach Hotel, Outrigger Prince Kuhio, Hyatt Hotels, Kamehameha Schools and many others.

Kayton studied marble sculpture in Pietrasanta, Italy in 1994, followed by travel through Italy, Greece and France.  He returns annually since 1997 to work plein air in the extraordinary atmosphere of these ancient cultures.  He was invited to exhibit his work at the U.S. Consulate in Milani in 2001.