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Wilfred Spoon approaches art with both honesty and imagination

Photographs by

Jenn Hair

To gain an even surface for his "flat" subjects, painter Wilfred Spoon (with his bulldogs, Lucy and Penny Lane) begins each artwork by filling the weave of the canvas with a smooth ground.

The artist's home studio

Spoon's most recent artwork: <em>Pelican with Fish</em>, <br>oil on linen, 36" x 30"

<em>Bobcat Hunting</em>, oil on linen, 24" x 21"

<em>Birthday Cake</em>, oil on linen, 20" x 16"

<em>Ursa Major</em>, oil on linen, 42" x 53"

Spoon illustrated the short story "A Roof the Color of Desire" for <em>Charleston</em> magazine's Lowcountry Fiction Review in January 2009.

<em>Carolina Parakeet</em>, oil on panel, 14" x 11"

<em>Egret and Crow</em>, oil on linen, 21" x 18"

<em>Large Flounder</em>, oil on linen, 53" x 42"

<em>The Muse</em>, oil on linen, 18" x 16"

<em>The Dance</em>, oil on panel, 11" x 10"

<em>Tiger with Palmetto</em>, oil on linen, 12" x 15"

Images courtesy of Wilfred Spoon