Watching You, oil on canvas, by Cyndy Billingsley. "I wanted the focus to be on the eyes. For the orangutan to stare almost through you. I wanted the viewer to feel what it was like when you stare at it in a zoo. There is so much depth in the eyes of a primate. Art should come from the heart of the artist, it should engage the audience, it should connect with the community, it should start a dialog, a debate. It should get people to look at things in a way they have not thought of, or to see what they have looked at but not really seen. Art has to come deeply from the artist, there has to be raw emotion and honesty in the work if it is to connect with people. An Artist paints and sculpts what they know. I speak through paint and clay." Take a look at Cyndy's website http://www.animalscindybillingsley.com/