Bill Sykes

a baby rolling a cigarette with a dog - Tony South - Bill Sykes

The infamous Bill Sykes character from the Charles Dickens novel “Oliver Twist” revisited in a contemporary scenario.

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Your Don’t Parley When You’re On The Back Foot

A dog dressed in a suite with a hat and cigarette - Tony South - Your Don't Parley When You're On The Back Foot

A painting influenced by the UK tv show “Peaky Blinders”, who were a street-based gang from Birmingham in UK around the 19th century. They were called Peaky Blinders because they used to sew razor blades into the peak of their hats to cause damage when in a fight.

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The Entrance

A monkey looking up into the sky with a mountain behind - Tony South - The Entrance

A pastiche of the Sci-Fi classic “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”. The primate recreating Richard Dreyfuss’s look of awe as the spaceship approaches the mountain top.

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Elementary

A monkey dressed like Sherlock Holmes with a wolf in the background - Tony South - Elementary

A parody painting of the infamous Sherlock Holmes albeit a lot hairier. The misty moonlit moors staging the Hound of the Baskervilles. The pipe, Deerstalker hat, and cloak adorn the Simian Sherlock.

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Genesis

A monkey wearing a hat and two robots behind him - Tony South - Genesis

Inspired by the great Tom Baker who played the fourth Doctor Who from 1974-1981. A nostalgia piece and the series that drew my attention to the Sci -Fi genre as a youth. The Fedora, cravat and long knitted scarf and the arch enemies from the planet Skaro wrap up this little ensemble.

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Riddle Me This

A monkey dresses like the Riddler with a Batman signal in the sky - Tony South - Riddle Me This

Based on the 60’s Adam West Batman era, the Riddler character played by Frank Gorshin was the inspiration behind this piece.

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Shaken Not Stirred

A monkey dressed like James Bond - Tony South - Shaken Not Stirred

A parody piece on the James Bond theme. Trying to capture the suave provocative look associated with 007, especially the Sean Connery era.

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Albert II

A monkey in a space suit - Tony South - Albert II

Chimp/hybrid.. inspired by Albert, the first primate and first mammal in space in 1949, sadly died on reentry.

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