He’s a commissioned artist who, judging by his photo, clearly relishes his work. His paintings hang in homes all over the world including those of celebrities such as Ricky Gervais and Queen guitarist, Brian May. Pockets is a 27-year-old Capuchin monkey and the sale of his work helps raise money for his home -- the Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary in Ontario www.storybookmonkeys.org. As the only primate sanctuary in Canada, Story Book Farm, run by Daina Liepa, provides a loving home for 22 primates including lemurs, a spider monkey, macaques, baboons and capuchins who’ve been rescued from research labs, roadside zoos and the exotic pet trade.
Season’s Greetings
An original painting by Pockets is his holiday card for 2019. All proceeds go to Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary. www.storybookmonkeys.org
Planet Friendly News talked to Pockets’ muse, Charmaine Quinn, to find out how the artist likes to work. She said Pockets paints about once a week and Charmaine selects the colours. But, she says, there’s never any pressure on him to paint, he only does it if he feels like it. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out who inspired the choice of his last name. Charmaine said she knows an artist in New York who lived not far from Warhol and he told her that Andy would’ve been supportive of Pockets’ work. Check out Pockets’ extensive gallery and see some amazing work www.pocketswarhol.blogspot.com