Phono

A monkey in a chair holding a bottle of wine and a Victrola next to him - Tony South - Phono

Following on from “No One Came” a more reflective mood, the bottle of wine bearing the “Hypno-chimp” logo.

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Too Much Monkey Business

A monkey playing the guitar with a bottle of Monkey Shoulder next to him - Tony South - Too Much Monkey Business

Trying to make an ape playing a guitar look natural and real was the mission here, from the emotion in the face to the holding of the Gretsch classic guitar, finished of with a shot of Malt Scotch.

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No One Came

a gorilla seated in a barber chair holding a glass of wine - Tony South - No One Came

A change of mood came with this one, a more reflective and sober scenario, trying to achieve a more subtle tone of Human to ape assimilation.

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The Great Troglato

An ape on an Indian motorcycle with a Wall of Death ride in the background - Tony South - The Great Troglato

One of a few paintings without a white background, heralding a dramatic landscape, crows circling the skies as a backdrop for “The Great Troglato”. A fictional character born of the old fairground attraction. The “Wall of Death” was one of those sideshows that I remember most vividly from my youth, the noise was outrageous and…

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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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