HAUNTED
by Debbie Cannatella
26"x40" transparent watercolor
(34"x48" FR)
As a child I wanted a spider monkey for a pet and my mom would answer "I'd rather have a horse in the house", but my interest in monkeys never stopped and one can always find me at the monkey exhibit when visiting a zoo. This guy was at a zoo in St. Paul and was scratching and fidgeting the entire time I photographed him. Suddenly he turned and looked dead-on with this haunted expression and a connection was made. It was emotionally jolting for me and I had to paint him. I always begin with the eyes... and we developed a relationship during the painting of this guy.. This is one of a series of wildlife paintings that will be in a new one-woman solo exhibition "The Natural World" in the Kuchera Gallery at the Art Center of Corpus Christi, Texas for the month of November 2013. To order limited edition giclee prints, see my Prints page. For more works on paper see my website or contact me through my gallery at Studio C Gallery .
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