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BWANA SPOONS - PORTLAND, OR
"My Family"

what's the idea behind your dolls?
The idea behind my dolls is a family of bears, all ready for the throwdown, hiding massive weapons behind their backs. Fuck, that didn't work. No. The idea is animals where the top of the doll is the tip of the animals snout, like a manatee snout, and the bottom of the doll is the butthole. Shit. Ok, that didn't work either. Ok, it's a nice family. No more prostitution, and robbing quickymarts, now the family is old and retired, and lives happily with their three dogs. These are special scratch and look dolls. Scratch off the top layer of paint to find the other two layers of crap that didn't work.

red vines or twizzlers?
All Licorice is good. Black licorice took me years, but now I am down. Rootbeer, and watermelon are the best.

what contemporary artists are you inspired by?
It seems I am seeing new stuff I like daily. Martin is my studio buddy and I love his arts. Mat Brinkman, and Marc Bell..., Chris Johanson, Shawn O'Dell, and the entire SF Mission movement is very inspiring. I love Taiyo Matsumoto, and my biggest art hero ever is Mizuki Shigeru.

last piece of art acquired?
Either a Mermaid or a Maori girl from Kelly Tunstall.

tell the audience what movie/book/album/website/tv > show/magazine you love > that most people haven't seen/read/heard?
Green Snake is a fantastical film. I haven't seen a better live show than The Imortal Lee County Killers in I don't know how long. 1-Up is hands down the best zine I have read recently. Black and White a painfully good comic by Taiyo.

how did you get to where you are now?
Gentle feelings. Am I there yet?

favorite place in your town?
My home, my studio, the waterfalls, the Hawthorne bridge. Reading Frenzy. Watching the finches eat up my sunflowers from my room.

favorite place in the world?
I imagine living in a treehouse in South America watching tapirs and monkeys. But I ain't never been there. Banyans in Hilo are good.

i would not be an artist if it were not for _______?
My friends and lady Spoons, my folks, and never giving up.