SUBMISSION: Hopeful Spider Monkey by Dennis Parrish
A spider monkey searches for hope in a world that is deteriorating around him. I want people to know about the plight of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, the primates, whose natural habitats we have encroached upon to the point there existence is threatened.
My work is intended to depict the level of struggle animals are enduring at the cost of human advancement or greed. Most important to me was to emphasis the innocence of these creatures and the hopelessness of their situation.