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Let there be light! ... & Make it a funky monkey! Before & after acrylic paint on monkey lamp
My mom & Geoff bought me the perfect lamp for my birthday! I called him Michelangelo, since we share the same birthdate & it was a birthday gift. It was pure white and very cool, even the bulb can be turned to flickering like a torch to a solid warm glow. I opened it at 10 p.m. and my mom knowing me well, sent me a text at 9 a.m the next day asking if I painted him yet. lol. No but it was only a matter of time... every time I walked by I thought about it, went to bed that night and planned on how to paint him. I decided to ask on my IG account: should I paint him and several agreed, YES paint him!
Up at 4a.m. duckduckgo: monkey. Narrowed it down to a Crab-Eating Macaque, - onto the desk he sat, waiting. It took all day, the first coat -getting in all the tiny cracks & crevice was a task requiring patience. I also had to wait for the sun to go down to paint details on the face using light that would not change. Instantly, I was pleased I decided to paint him, he fits in much better now. I'll admit, you don't see him as well in the dark, not with the torch light but-that.o.k., he look very cool in the light! Let there be light.
Anyone who knows me knows, I like different- creative & fun... he fits perfect here, surrounded by a parrot chandelier, monkey candle holder & monkey phone charger holder, metal snail salt & pepper shakers & chimp art. I was also gifted a dog toy: Mr. Bill', remember him? Arrow & Ginger fight over him, Ginger had me laughing out loud as she discovered, if you bite Mr. Bills crotch - just right he yells: Ooooooo Noooo! Weeee.. hee hee.
Let there be light & colour!
Back to painting my Barred Owl - Van Gogh style.
Created to create.
My mom & Geoff bought me the perfect lamp for my birthday! I called him Michelangelo, since we share the same birthdate & it was a birthday gift. It was pure white and very cool, even the bulb can be turned to flickering like a torch to a solid warm glow. I opened it at 10 p.m. and my mom knowing me well, sent me a text at 9 a.m the next day asking if I painted him yet. lol. No but it was only a matter of time... every time I walked by I thought about it, went to bed that night and planned on how to paint him. I decided to ask on my IG account: should I paint him and several agreed, YES paint him!
Up at 4a.m. duckduckgo: monkey. Narrowed it down to a Crab-Eating Macaque, - onto the desk he sat, waiting. It took all day, the first coat -getting in all the tiny cracks & crevice was a task requiring patience. I also had to wait for the sun to go down to paint details on the face using light that would not change. Instantly, I was pleased I decided to paint him, he fits in much better now. I'll admit, you don't see him as well in the dark, not with the torch light but-that.o.k., he look very cool in the light! Let there be light.
Anyone who knows me knows, I like different- creative & fun... he fits perfect here, surrounded by a parrot chandelier, monkey candle holder & monkey phone charger holder, metal snail salt & pepper shakers & chimp art. I was also gifted a dog toy: Mr. Bill', remember him? Arrow & Ginger fight over him, Ginger had me laughing out loud as she discovered, if you bite Mr. Bills crotch - just right he yells: Ooooooo Noooo! Weeee.. hee hee.
Let there be light & colour!
Back to painting my Barred Owl - Van Gogh style.
Created to create.
 |  two monkey in the dark.. :) |
Ooooooo Noooooo!
