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Monkey Business

A series of monkeys conveys eleven human expressions of the American condition.

Psychotic by Winston Shaw | Digital Art | Bipolar Monkey | GTET | Oceanside, CA
Psychotic
Bipolar psych ward Monkey expresses multiple personalities.
Shwayzee by Winston Shaw | Digital Art | Super Hero Monkey | GTET | Oceanside, CA
Shwayzee
Super Hero Monkey (with Kente-pattern cape) exemplifies Afrofuturism and anything possible.
Hourglass by Winston Shaw | Digital Art | Trapped Monkey | GTET | Oceanside, CA
Hourglass
Monkey trapped in hourglass depicts the existential race against death and time.
Complicated by Winston Shaw | Digital Art | Suit Monkey | GTET | Oceanside, CA
Complicated
Monkey in a suit (with Kente-pattern pocket square) scratching forehead personifies the conundrum of western capitalism.
Sticky Tacky
Sticky Tacky by Winston Shaw | Digital Art | Rastafarian Monkey | GTET | Oceanside, CA
Rastafarian Monkey (with leaf-rolled hemp) represents the fight against Babylon to end prohibition.
Fall In Line by Winston Shaw | Digital Art | Militarized Monkey | GTET | Oceanside, CA
Fall In Line
Militarized Monkey scowls in combat helmet suggesting any means necessary.
Sippin by Winston Shaw | Digital Art | Dejected Monkey | GTET | Oceanside, CA
Sippin
Dejected Monkey self-medicating (with prescription-strength cough syrup) illustrates addiction.
Persian or Apache by Winston Shaw | Digital Art | Indiginous Monkey | GTET | Oceanside, CA
Persian | Apache
Indigenous Monkey in traditional headdress symbolizes one anthropological tribe.
Cry No More by Winston Shaw | Digital Art | Snow Monkey | GTET | Oceanside, CA
Cry No More
Snow Monkey reflecting melancholy sheds the final tear.
Milk & Honey by Winston Shaw | Digital Art | Sharecropping Monkey | GTET | Oceanside, CA
 Milk & Honey
Sharecropping monkey demonstrates satisfaction in the promised land.
Greater Than | Equal Too by Winston Shaw | Digital Art | Samurai Monkey | GTET | Oceanside, CA
Greater Than | Equal Too
Samurai Monkey (with closed eyes and sheathed swords) embodies peace and meditation.
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