Monkey Business

Monkey Business is a large oil on canvas completed over a period of several months. Two toys from my childhood have been anthropomorphized and now engage in a very adult exchange. Like many children, I was convinced that my dolls and toys had a life of their own when I wasn't looking. As an adult, I revisited these playthings and built a narrative around them that embraces the animism explored by Bruno Bettelheim in 'The Uses of Enchantment.'