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Squirrel Monkey by Andrew Denman <Back to Thumbnails "Keep Searching, Winkie"
12 x 8"
Gallery Wraped Giclee Canvas, 2011
Squirrel Monkey
Artist Proofs $175- available directly from the artist.

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A very limited edition of seventy-five signed and numbered giclee canvases are available from The Greenwich Workshop for $175 each. Follow the link below to view or purchase.
Denman Reproductions from GW
Who doesn’t love monkeys? This little fellow captured my heart one day on a trip to the San Francisco Zoo with my friend and fellow artist, Matt Jacuzzi. Anyone who has ever named a pet is guilty of anthropomorphization, and in some less than well executed wildlife paintings, it creeps into the anatomy. I would never allow my feelings of identification with an animal subject to distort the accuracy of my representation, but I’m not at all above allowing that emotionalism to shine through in the pose or expression I select or the title of the piece. In this case, the squirrel monkey’s expression was so plaintive that I began imagining a whole mythology surrounding him. For some reason I’ll never understand, his name became Winkie, and I pictured him in a little bellhop uniform, separated from his old organ grinder, wandering dark city streets awash in neon, casting his eyes to the heavens, searching for a place to belong...



































Welcome to the online home for artwork by Andrew Denman, a California –based, internationally recognized, award-winning contemporary wildlife artist. Denman primarily paints wildlife and animal subjects in a unique, hallmark style combining hyper-realism with stylization and abstraction. His dynamic and original acrylic paintings can be found in museum collections on two continents and in numerous private collections in the USA and abroad. His clear voice, unique vision, and commitment to constant artistic experimentation have positioned him on the forefront of an artistic vanguard of the best contemporary wildlife and animal painters working today.
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