It's the Monkey I'm sorry for

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I always felt sorry for these poor creatures as a child but a very good painting nonetheless David.

Posted by Heather Love on Tue 01 Aug 12:50:23

I’d like to say it was a painting of times gone by but unfortunately, in some seaside areas you see people parading up and down with animals. You’ve portrayed this scene extremely well David.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Tue 01 Aug 15:23:10

Thank you both very much!

Posted by David Clark on Tue 01 Aug 17:06:07

Hang on Studio Wall

01/08/2023

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A direct watercolour of a Victorian street performer in front of a billboard advertising Crowders Music Hall which later became Greenwich Theatre. Sadly the exploitation of animals, like the monkey in this picture, still goes on in some parts of the world.

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David Clark

I've always drawn, but I never took Art as a subject at school, and I've never had any lessons or tuition. I've always doodled in idle moments, and sketched for my own amusement, but I never had the guts to try painting before 2015. I joined the Afan Nedd artists' group that summer, finally plucking…

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