Location: Portland, OR
Website: Bwana Spoons

Bwana Spoons’ paintings have been leaping off the page and going 3-D! He has been cranking out one amazing hand-painted art figure after another. His painter’s palette deftly mixes candy colors with earth tones in startling ways, and his characters come to life because they seem to be coming out of the woods from all around you. He is so prolific, it seems like Bwana simply exhales new art!

I was introduced to Bwana Spoon’s work through the pages of Juxtapoz, and then I got to meet him when he had a solo show at Wootini when I was living in (North) Cackalacki. He engaged my river-scientist-wife and me in an engrossing conversation about the great outdoors and how to fix it. Later Bwana participated in the Lions, Tigers, Bears, Etc. show that I curated in 2006.

Bwana also runs the Grass Hut gallery and store in Portland, OR.