The Critic (or “Don’t Leave Your Paperback On The Veranda”) art-code-MBG-001 oil on Masonite

oil on Masonite

4 coral stones and 3 opal stones (each)

“Photography is as widely practised an amusement as sex or dancing - which means that

Frozen mid-stride

The Critic (or “Don’t Leave Your Paperback On The Veranda”) art-code-MBG-001 oil on Masonite11. 5" x 8. 25" x 5" Edition of 18, 2016 An incident on safari in Kenya inspired this sculpture and gave me an excuse to sculpt a vervet monkey whose real life models provide many hours of entertainment around so many safari camps in Africa. One soon learns not to have or leave any food within sight of these little imps but it wasnt until Suzanna showed up at sundowners, chuckling, with the remains of her shredded paperback in hand that we realized