Monkey Artist Painting Van Gogh Behind them the cosmos opens

Behind them the cosmos opens into a painterly nebula of burnt orange

while rounded boulders and tufts of dry grass scatter across the rust-coloured earth

lending the scene a theatrical

their edges catching light as though lit from within

Monkey Artist Painting Van Gogh Behind them the cosmos opensThis commanding portrait fills the frame with the face of a gorilla, its powerful features painted in a graffiti inspired clash of steel blue, violet, orange and pink. Drips and runs of paint trail down from the brow and muzzle, while spattered flecks of bright colour scatter across the deep, shadowy background. The eyes, ringed in warm amber, carry a heavy, knowing intensity that holds the gaze and lends the whole piece real gravity. Raw and