Fancy Monkey Painting Monet and the fierce vitality of

and the fierce vitality of the wild in deep winter

caught mid-bloom beside the fully opened flowers

gentle lashes and the giraffe's two tufted horns are picked out with delicate detail

attentiveness and quiet emotion

Fancy Monkey Painting Monet and the fierce vitality ofA chimpanzee gazes straight ahead in a portrait exploding with colour, its features built from streaks of electric blue, magenta, orange and gold. The fur dissolves into painterly bursts of pigment, while the muzzle and brow catch warm amber light against deep, shadowy blues. Two thoughtful eyes hold the centre of the composition, lending the animal a calm, almost knowing presence. The pop art treatment turns a familiar primate into something vivid