Monkey Artist Painting Van Gogh while a wide mountain valley

while a wide mountain valley falls away behind

abstracting a tropical plant into pure rhythm and shine

its slender stems crowned with violet blooms and backlit by a low

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

The ambers and deep browns sit beautifully alongside terracotta accents

Monkey Artist Painting Van Gogh while a wide mountain valleyThis 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