bwana
Scottville, Michigan ·
bwana
Michigan photography by award-winning photographer Brian KainulainenScottville, Michigan 2298 Sales On Etsy since 2008
Announcement
Michigan landscape photography by award-winning photographer, Brian Kainulainen. Prints and stock photography for commercial and personal use.
2018 ART FESTIVALS
May 19-20- East Lansing Art Fair - East Lansing,MI
June 2-3 - KIA Fine Art Show - Kalazamoo, MI
June 16-17 - Pentwater Spring Art Show - Pentwater, MI
July 7-8 - West Shore Art Fair - Ludington, MI
July 14 - Pentwater Jr Womens Club Fine Art Fair - Pentwater, MI
Aug 11-12 - Gold Coast Artisan Fair - Ludington, MI
Sept 22-23 - Fall Festival - Pentwater, MI
MORE PHOTOS ARE ON THE WAY! Read more about my work on the Shop Policies page.
See more work and 'like' my page on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scottville-MI/Brian-Kainulainen-Photography-BWANA-design/139881239356673
Announcement
Michigan landscape photography by award-winning photographer, Brian Kainulainen. Prints and stock photography for commercial and personal use.
2018 ART FESTIVALS
May 19-20- East Lansing Art Fair - East Lansing,MI
June 2-3 - KIA Fine Art Show - Kalazamoo, MI
June 16-17 - Pentwater Spring Art Show - Pentwater, MI
July 7-8 - West Shore Art Fair - Ludington, MI
July 14 - Pentwater Jr Womens Club Fine Art Fair - Pentwater, MI
Aug 11-12 - Gold Coast Artisan Fair - Ludington, MI
Sept 22-23 - Fall Festival - Pentwater, MI
MORE PHOTOS ARE ON THE WAY! Read more about my work on the Shop Policies page.
See more work and 'like' my page on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scottville-MI/Brian-Kainulainen-Photography-BWANA-design/139881239356673
Reviews
swimallfly on Mar 5, 2018
Stunningly beautiful photos with fast shipping. Very happy.
About
A Celebration of Michigan through Photos
Michigan has a wealth of resources, that can be a wonderland for a landscape photographer. I am fascinated with Michigan's ecological diversity and celebrate its beauty through photography. From the shoreline of Lake Superior and the rugged U.P. wilderness where I grew up to the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline and agricultural countryside where I now reside I explore all of Michigan, never tiring of what this Great Lakes State has to offer. I seek to capture high quality, compelling images of the Michigan environment, hoping to bring an awareness of its importance...and make a living at the same time...
From the start I have sought to make the highest quality work and make it affordable to everyone. It is my goal to provide the best value in Michigan landscape photography.
Exploring the landscape has had a profound influence on my life and I hope everyone gets a chance to experience it.
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Shop members
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Brian Kainulainen
Owner, Photographer
Michigan photographer, Brian Kainulainen, captures the beauty and spirit of the Great Lakes State, emphasizing the need to preserve this national treasure. His award-winning work is a celebration of the visual wonderment that is Michigan.
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Team Kainulainen
Family, Loving Support
A picture of my family so far, a loving network of support--my beautiful wife, Gwyneth, our twin boys, Niko and Kieran (Pictured left to right), and our little girl, Eveliina, in the middle
Production partners
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Smartpress
Chanhassen, MN
Printing company.
Shop policies
The term BWANA speaks to the otherworldly quality of the abstract work I focused on when I started my business. It is a Swahili word that functions as a term of respect for a male, much like mister or sir in English. I was originally introduced to the term when listening to Lindsey Buckingham's (former lead guitarist for Fleetwood Mac) first solo album, Law and Order. It is the name of the first track, which is one of my favorite songs from the album. I also like how the word looks, the visual combination of the letters and the sound of the word, particularly how foreign (especially for Michigan) it sounds. The word is meant to raise questions within the viewer and to strike a particular mood with my abstract work; a feeling of familiarity while at the same time being completely unkown. The abstract works are pictures of actual objects I come across on my daily travels. By focusing on small details of color and texture I hope to free them from their defined reality and let them exist more in the viewer's imagination. I leave it to the viewer to create a new, more personal meaning. My images are meant to be catalysts for imagination. I like to explore color, texture, shape, and form; creating less definable and more sensational images. Although I do not create as much abstract work as before I still find the term fascinating.
Accepted payment methods
- Accepts Etsy Gift Cards and Etsy Credits
- Money Order
Returns and exchanges
- Custom or personalized orders
- Perishable products (like food or flowers)
- Digital downloads
- Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)