The Panamanian Man

The Panamanian Man was based from a quick photo my friend Charlee Wagner took of a serene man leaning out of pool room window in Bouqete Panama in the Chiriqui Highlands. It was at one of those moments that defines the reason for traveling to a foreign country with all of your possesions strapped to your back. We had been feverishly (sometimes literally with fevers) hopping around Costa Rica and Panama and were currently waiting for another Chicken Bus (slang for old american school bus) to take us back to the lowlands. We were sitting in a gazebo in the middle of town when it started pouring down that tropical sheet of rain cooling off the entire mountain side. Then a few local teenagers joined us in the gazebo to stay dry and started playing Hotel California on their guitar. There is nothing like a few weeks of listening to Central American dance music to turn you into an Eagles fan. So Charlee and I sung along as best we could as the bus pulled up and started loading luggage. When we were boarding we looked back to thank the panamanian teenagers and noticed this man with a perfect smile leaning out of the bar enjoying the spring rain. Charlee asked to take his picture and he gave her this smile that can only come from a man who has never owned a camera in his life. I hope Charlees picture and my drawing conveyed a glimpse of the tranquility that is felt by these people in their sleepy, tropical village.

Medium - Pastel on Paper
Demensions - 16X23
Price - SOLD