Painter of the L.A. Watershed, Devon Tsuno! Last Friday, Devon Tsuno's show "Los Angeles River: Urban Reclamation" opened at Santa Barbara City College's Atkinson Gallery, and it will be up until December 2. Devon is an up and coming Los Angeles- based artist and this one-man show explores the vitality of the Los Angeles River in vibrant, sometimes neon bright canvases that are somewhere between figurative and abstract. They're also heavily layered so much the paint looks like cut out paper. Just before the opening, I was able to sit down with Devon and talk to him about this recent work, his life in L.A., and his love of fishing. You can find him at devontsunostudio at instagram and at devontsuno.com Some famous people and Devon's painting He also works with the Theodore Payne Foundation, which introduces native plants back into their former areas.