Chimp Sketch of the week #40

Equality and Individually Primate Paint Together

In preparation for the opening of my show tomorrow I have made this short film. Incase your not already aware based on my months of posting on the subject tomorrow in Florida my gallery show Equality and Individually opens. This is a group art show with myself and a group of chimps that live in a sanctuary in Florida. It includes five collaborative paintings that I did with the chimps and the show is designed to raise money and awareness for chimps that spent there lives in cages at medical laboratories and are now living a free life in sanctuary. This show has been a year in the making and it opens tomorrow I am so proud and thankful for my new friends at Save the chimps

Chimp Sketch of the Week # 39

Melody

This is a film showing the creation of a portrait of Melody a chimp that lives in a chimpanzee sanctuary called Save The Chimps in Florida. This a collaborative painting done with a chimp named Cheetah another resident at Save The Chimps and will be on display at gallery 14 in Vero Beach Fl in May. 

Chimp Sketch of the Week #38

The Chimp Painter

Below is a short film that talks about my newest project. A series of collaborative art works by myself, and a group of Chimpanzees that live in Sanctuary in Florida

Chimp Sketch of the week #37

Venus

Another Sketch in anticipation of my show with the chimps this May

Chimp Sketch of the Week #36

Dorothy

Dorothy was a 13 year old chimp that recently passed she lived most of her life in a laboratory but luckily was able to live a very small part of her life in sanctuary.

Dorothy was born on the first day of spring in 1998 at The Coulston Foundation in Alamogordo, NM.  Coulston loaned Dorothy to another laboratory when she was very young. After Save the Chimps took over The Coulston Foundation, they were able to secure her return. Dorothy made the journey to Florida on her 13th birthday.

To find out more about Dorothy and make a donation in her honor to help other chimps in need visit Here 

The portrait of Dorothy below will be available for purchase soon. This portrait along with many others, including some done in collaboration with chimps were created to raise money and awareness for chimps in sanitary and laboratories around North America. I will be having a joint art show with the chimps in Florida this May. More on that soon…

Chimp Sketch of the week #35

Art Rage

This image was done on my friend Monika Manieckis iPad after an amazing lecture at the Society of Illustrators that she gave including a demo of her painting a still life. After the lecture a few of us went for drinks and I got my own privet demo. When I sat down to draw something what else would I make. Essentially this is a finger painting. not my best work but this was fun...Thanks Monika!

Chimp Sketch of the Week #34

Anna

Painted in watercolor another sketch for my Show in May in Florida more on that soon

Good Bye To Our Beloved Boardwalk

The news of the Boardwalk in Long Beach being demolished has gotten me very sentimental. Long Beach is a great strong community. They type of home that is always home no matter how far away you might move away from it. Growing up in Long Beach we all have our memories and stories of our beloved boardwalk. I thought I would share some painting I have done of long beach over the years, some horrible some good all painted/sketched with love. The top painting was one I did in grad school when asked to paint something personal. I saw this as a portrait of our wonderful town. Ironically I gave this painting to my sister as a house-warming present the day before Sandy hit.

Temple Israel

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/07/nyregion/long-beach-new-york-says-goodbye-to-its-boardwalk.html?_r=0