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Watermelon man - panel 3
(1997 and 2002): This panel represents the end of the piece, which to me has a feeling that it is over the hard bit and is able to glide from here on. This is what the casually strolling baboons are supposed to show. The funky jazz has now totally taken over, and is the blue background. And then little birds from the introduction return on top of this, so here they are in orange circles rather than blue, but the same rhythm. The final triumphal ginger baboon was built up with layers of thick lumpy paint, and then sanded to reveal the different shades.
Published 25 Aug 2020