Monkey Magic!

Paul has had a monkey thing going for a while. Monkey sculptures seem to be a bit like marmite - people either love ‘em or hate ‘em. Interestingly, its been mostly women who have commissioned and bought small scale monkeys like these ones. Maybe they bring out a mothering instinct. Some men (particularly my brother in law) are positively scared of them!
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Our son, who was only about 4 when Paul made the first one, used to have a big rapport with the monkey. He would hang out with it in the living room (before it went off to an exhibition) and he chatted away to it when he thought no one was listening. He still loves monkeys.