More Pow! Wow! Hits as Picked by Martha in Hawaii (Part II)

February 25, 2014 Artists

Today we jump right in to the warm Honolulu waters for a swim before padding barefoot up to the painted walls of Pow! Wow! where photographer Martha Cooper is waiting camera in hand and looking for a fly swatter to smack down a camera drone that is buzzing around her head and getting in the way of her shots.

Here’s part deux of some of Ms. Cooper’s pics from PW 2014, beginning with an aquatic version of the sort of poker-playing canines popularized by illustrationist and painter Cassius Marcellus Coolidge about a hundred years ago that still persist in the offices of law firms and investment banks today. This large scale variation is by street humorist Ron English.

High stakes in Hawaii. Ron English takes a gamble at Pow! Wow! (photo © Martha Cooper)

“Ron English painted marine animals playing poker. His brother-in-law who lives in Hawaii (I think) had been begging for this wall for a long time so Ron finally did it,” says Martha.

Trav MSK at work on his wall. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Wayne White working on his sculpture/mask. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Wayne White in his Elvis mask with Trav MSK doing the backup singing. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Know Hope has painted himself into a corner (photo © Martha Cooper)

123 Klan in action. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Brenden Monroe (photo © Martha Cooper)

We think it is possible that REKA was really influenced by his wardrobe when choosing the palette for his wall. (photo © Martha Cooper)

REKA at work on his wall. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Tristan Eaton before. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Tristan Eaton after. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Remi Mead at work on her wall. Detail. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Remi Mead and an unidentified artist on the right. (photo © Martha Cooper)

AIKO (photo © Martha Cooper)

Reach in action. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Jessie and Katey (photo © Martha Cooper)

INTI in action. (photo © Martha Cooper)

James Jean in action. A detail of Rone and Wonder on the right from last year’s edition. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Lars Pedersen really getting up. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Apex in action. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Dabs & Myla with Misery. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Drones in action. (photo © Martha Cooper)

“One of the craziest things I saw was the use of camera drones operated by remote control. There were a couple and they could fly high or swoop down to shoot.” -MC

“Not everyone loves Pow!Wow!–an anti-PW poster here: Although it is not clear what the specific objections are”- MC (photo © Martha Cooper)

Our special thanks to Martha Cooper for sharing her images with BSA readers.

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