Wildfire wreckage is seen Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The search of the wildfire wreckage on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
The artist who inspired the famous Rolling Stones mouth and tongue logo lost an entire studio of his work in the Hawaii wildfire that decimated western Maui this week.
Ruby Mazur said in a CNN interview Friday that he and his family planned to open his new studio on the main oceanfront street of Lahaina this week. Lahaina Town has been nearly completely destroyed in the fire which has killed at least 67 people.
Mazur’s three sons barely escaped Lahaina as the fire approached, and the family camped in U-Haul trucks because there were no hotels, he told the outlet.
“We took the U-Hauls to the parking lot of the airport to sleep there. The next thing we know, Lahaina was gone,” he said. “My life-long work of 50 years painting rockstars, gone.”
Mazur’s most famous for his work as an album artist. He designed the art for the Rolling Stones’ 1971 single “Tumbling Dice,” as well as art for Jimmy Buffet, Elton John and others.
“I just beat cancer for the third time… so I figured if I could beat cancer three times, nothing could take me down,” Mazur said. “And then losing my life’s work and almost losing my three sons on Front Street. That’s a lot to take.”
Many of the fires remain uncontained as of Friday afternoon. Residents were allowed back into Lahaina Town for the first time Friday as it moved past the town.
President Biden signed a disaster declaration for Hawaii on Friday, allowing federal disaster aid to flow onto the island.
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