Paired with another wonderful painting called 'The Gorilla Ballet - Original'

You can almost hear the thoughts of this gorilla as he smokes a cigar thinking: 'I am the alpha of the group, don't mess with me.'

A wonderful piece de resistance of original line drawing talent by Keith McBride, continuing his recent artistic theme of surreal animal portraiture.

Keith manages to capture the very essence of this Silverback: the hairs on his body, the ridges above his eyes & the way his hand anatomically grips the cigar; even the smoke has a dreamlike quality to it, reminding you this is half animal study & half caricature.

A mammal of intelligence and immense power, we really are looking at our cousins!