Lukacs is best known for his large-scale, ambitious canvases depicting masculine figures in scenes recalling grand history painting. In his exhibition titled HAI'KU LANDS, Lukacs presents several landscapes for the first time painted en plein air in Hai’ku, Hawaii, executed between 2013 and 2014.

Spending the winter months in Maui, the artist painted various views of a friend’s large garden and the surrounding grounds. Previously, Lukacs had painted still lifes outdoors, making arrangements that would expire by the end of the day. In this body of work, he extends his practice to capturing the landscape itself, both the cultivated begonias and hibiscus tree turned into a makeshift drying rack for laundry in the backyard, and the wild cane fields, some alight with fire. The bold, painterly application of paint evidencing the artist’s hand creates a sense of movement and immediacy in the works. Some works place the viewer directly in the fields, rather than at a comfortable distance, teetering on abstraction from a close up perspective. Although devoid of figures, the masterful handling of paint and tension evident in these paintings creates a kinship between these landscapes and Lukacs’ figurative work. As the works were painted outdoors and dependent on natural light, upon his return to Vancouver and his studio, Lukacs has not continued making landscapes.