Mammals - Primates
"Verreaux' Sifaka" (Propithecus verreauxii)
2024
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
12" x 18"
2024
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
12" x 18"
Sifakas are lemuroids, occurring in the arid western part of Madagascar, inhabiting Euphorbia thickets, among stands of baobab trees. Vertical "clingers", Sifakas can also move about in bounding leaps up to 10 feet high and 20 feet across!!
"Sapphire (White Ring-tailed Lemur young)"
2024
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
9" x 9"
2024
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
9" x 9"
"Sapphire" was a near-albino (retaining some markings) Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta), named for his blue eyes. Unfortunately, he did not live to adulthood, possibly more vulnerable to disease because of its recessive genetic traits
"HAMADRYAS BABOONS" (Papio hamadryas)
2023
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
18" x 24"
2023
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
18" x 24"
inspired by Hamadryas Baboon exhibit @ the Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn, NY The male has a long gray (to white) mane, females have short hair, generally yellowish brown. Unlike other species in the genus Papio, adult Hamadryas baboons have salmon pink skin, especially the enlarged ischial callosities (buttocks) which are quite prominent!