46 Thick and Muscular Bears by Cauro Hige

Cauro Hige's sumptuous art is definitely bear-oriented. The beautiful monograph on Cauro Hige's work, Bearutus, is available at Amazon.com. The mixture of manly heft and poetic settings is a perfect blend.

Cauro Hige is a Japanese self-taught artist born and brought up in Osaka, Japan. He began his painting career in earnest in 2008. Cauro usually paints in acrylic colors on plywood, or draws digitally.

See more about Cauro here. Follow him on Facebook and Instagram.

We first profiled Cauro in 2011, you can read in interview with him here. Cauro has expanded his web site which includes a great store with T-shirts, posters, and even bear-emblazoned coffee mugs.