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| Baboon Jungle Acrylic on 12 x 16 in. canvas panel 2013 |
Baboons, I find, are some of the strangest and most frightening creatures on this planet. Funny enough, I think human beings, specifically men, are pretty damn frightening as well. Since we are animals ourselves we have innate tendencies to react to stimuli in a rather uncivilized way. I myself have felt urges, pure primitive ones, at the sight of women. The painting of the baboon is how I imagine my inner voice to look like. It is wild and fierce. Its eyes directionless and aimless because it cannot focus on just one.
I was inspired heavily by Henri Rousseau's jungle paintings. His nude women, and the wild creatures around her. I am also inspired by Walton Ford and his amazing watercolors of wildlife having human like characteristics/motivations.
