Description
Roy is an African chimpanzee
(Pan troglodytes): great apes found across central and West Africa. Along with bonobos, they are our closest living relatives, sharing 98.7 percent of our genetic blueprint. Humans and chimps are also thought to share a common ancestor who lived some seven to 13 million years ago.
Threats to survival:
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has declared the chimpanzee an endangered species—and the booming human population is primarily to blame. As humans move into more and more of the chimp’s geographic range, they clear away the ape’s forest habitat to make way for agriculture. Logging, mining, oil extraction, and new road and highway projects threaten to further degrade and fragment the chimp’s habitat.
Roy has been at Ol Pejeta since December, 2009, when he was only a few months old. Ol Pejeta, in their “Meet The Chimps” section of their website have this to say about Roy.
“Gender: Male
DOB: 2009
Origin: Democratic Republic of Congo
Roy was rescued from Rumbek, southern Sudan on 2nd October 2009, where he had been living in a 2ft by 2ft steel cage. and was housed at the KWS quarantine facility for health monitoring and observation. He was then transferred to the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary on 14th December 2009. He is believed to have originated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, probably orphaned by the illegal bushmeat trade and illegally transported to southern Sudan. He was confiscated by the Wildlife Conservation Administration of Sudan and handed over to volunteers who cared for him while a sanctuary was identified to transfer him to.
Roy has adapted wonderfully at Sweetwaters and is a happy and healthy chimpanzee. He is undaunted and this has elevated him to the position of a senior male within a very short time, very playful making friends easily and is extremely good friends with Romeo.”
About the painting:
This is for me, a rare multimedia piece, in which I used pen and ink to define facial wrinkles, watercolor to lay in the basic painting, with wet-on-wet bleeds and multiple coats of glaze, aquarelle colored pencils to highlight the minuscule pebbled wrinkles of his face and gouache to pick out individual hairs.I have been planning this work since 2017, when I took the reference photo of Roy during a visit to the chimp sanctuary at Sweetwaters, operated by Ol Pejeta. Roy had been sharing food with his friend Romeo, and was enjoying a quiet moment of repose.
I liked the lighting and was captivated by his pensive expression.He has a penetrating, almost judgmental gaze when you catch his eye, as if he is assessing your character for threat or opportunity. I tried to capture this expression in the painting so viewers would feel an emotional connection to this magnificent ape.
Conservation commitment:
25% of all proceeds from sale of “Roy” artwork and products will be donated to the Ol Pejeta Xhimp Sanctuary, in Nanyuki, Kenya.
About the framed poster:
Museum-quality posters made on thick matte paper. Add a wonderful accent to your room and office with these posters that are sure to brighten any environment.
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan
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