Saturday, November 13, 2010

gorilla art
"michael had a dog named apple, with whom he loved to play chase.
he executed the painting from memory using
black and white pigments, the color of apple's coat,
although he had a large selection of colors to choose from."
michael and koko are two gorillas who were taught to
sign by penny patterson. they all lived in the santa cruz mountains.
michael was able to describe the memory of watching
his mother being killed by poachers.

3 comments:

linda said...

APPLE looks like SOPHIE leah!

Leah said...

!!

i had heard about michael drawing his dog (apple passed away, right?) but i didn't know he lives in the santa cruz mountains! craycray

linda said...

michael has also passed away..

koko, michael, & the other gorilla and penny all moved to maui a few years ago.

i bet they ate lots of pineapple and watched pretty sunsets.