Scholars

Two monkeys seated on a couch, one holding a scull the other reading a book -Tony South - Scholars

A theme loosely based around the Dark Academia subculture with a smidgen of evolution thrown in.

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368 Horses

A man with a pigs head seated on a hot rod in front of a merry-go-round -- Tony South - 368 Horses

A self indulgent work, combining a love of vintage fairground attractions and Hotrods. The title represents the horsepower of the hotrod plus the horses on the ride.

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Bomber and the Beast

A gorilla on an Indian motorcycle - Tony South - Bomber and the Beast

This was a commission piece for “Indian Motorcycles, Melbourne, Florida” and was displayed in their shop. Again the theme of mimicking human posture and traits through the framework of a primate was the challenge.

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Hamburghini

A food truck, Lamborghini, and gorilla police - Tony South - Hamburghini

Commission piece, a collage of surfaces, reflections based around the collectors Lamborghini in the centre with New York iconography radiating from that. The NY cops, the hotdog van, even the Radio City Music Hall gets a look in. A complex composition that invites the viewer to investigate.

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Ace

A gorilla lighting a cigarette while leaning on a BSA motorcycle - Tony South - Ace

An earlier painting on the ongoing human and primate assimilation concept.

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Ya Pays Peanuts…

A racing Ferrari with a pit crew of Gorillas - Tony South - Ya Pays Peanuts...

Commission piece for a collector who drives and races the car in the painting, with additional Gorilla pit crew for composition.

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Credo quia absurdum

A man with multiple arms and a gas mask holding pistols in from of a music machine - Credo quia absurdum (I believe because it is absurd) - Tony South

This painting just simply fell together, it was an amalgamation of the bizarre and peculiar with the odd personal icon making an appearance. A tapestry of the weird and wonderful.

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The Soothing (of the Savage Beast)

A gorilla playing the guitar while seated in front of a hot rod - Tony South - The Soothing (of the Savage Beast)

An earlier work , the 2nd painting in the Hotrod and primate theme. Most of the primates used in the earlier paintings were Gorillas, were as the later works featured a more hybrid Chimpanzee/Gorilla character.

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