Bring on the MONKEYS!!

The 100th Monkey Studio is celebrating its 3rd Anniversary, and the opening of their 3rd Annual Jurried Show & the 50/50 show is this Friday from 6-9 pm. I made a piece for the 50/50 show - all the pieces are only $50, and 50% of the proceeds benefits 100th Monkey's Artist Scholarship Fund.

100th Monkey invited artists to create an 8" x 8" piece that celebrated the story of the studio's namesake - you can read the story of the 100th Monkey here. I went for a pretty literal interpretation . . . my 100th monkey has discovered the joy of the paintbrush and is having more than a barrel of . . . well, you get the idea. You can see my original monkey drawing here.


Here it is in process, as I'm building up layers of monkeys and wax . . . and playing with the positioning of my 100th monkey and his/her paintbrush (it didn't seem polite to inquire as to gender).


Here's some detail of the 100th monkey before I nailed him/her down to the board.


And here's the final piece. I nailed the brush holding monkey to the board, and then used another copy of the drawing to cover up the nailhead in the tummy. I kind of like how the tummy is now a slightly different color and seems more dimensional . . . the background is all layers of paper and encaustic, while the monkey is paper, colored pencil, and acrylic mounted on wood. And the paintbrush? Well, it's just an old paintbrush!

I dropped my piece off yesterday, and got to peak at some of the others! I have my eye on a few - sales are all first-come, first-served! Is it silly to be at the door at 5:45?

Eeeek! Monkeys!

I am already putting my newly acquired Photoshop skills to work . . . I did this drawing of a monkey based loosely on those Barrel of Monkeys toys from my childhood:

And, with the power of the scanner and Photoshop, I was able to make this nifty monkey pattern!


It's the start of my piece for the 100th Monkey Studio anniversary fundraiser coming up next month . . . Heh heh . . . look out world!