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COBBY is the chimpanzee that inspired me to paint
portraits of the Great Apes. It was a typical summer day in San
Francisco, cold and overcast, when I first met him. He had been
captured as an infant in Africa in 1958. He came to the San Francisco
Zoo on July 10, 1968 after spending time in a circus. I find him
to be a handsome individual with a face full of character. He looked
at me for the longest time that first day and basically said "I'm
an intelligent being, what are you going to do about it?" My
life has not been the same since that day.
Species: Pan troglodytes
Painting is 24"x 30".
Completed in 2001. |
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