Males and their Technicolor Dream Rumps (Mandrill)

painting of a male mandrill in the jungle by queer artist Gwenn Seemel — Gwenn Seemel
*Males and their Technicolor Dream Rumps (Mandrill)*
2012
acrylic on panel
10 x 10 inches

Boys are sometimes just a little more colorful than girls.

Female mandrills live in hordes of several hundred individuals, and the normally solitary males interact with the female groups only during mating season. Though both sexes of this monkey species have colorful markings on their faces, the males’ coloring is brighter and only they sport nearly neon behinds.

But boys can also be a lot more colorful.

See all the images and text by downloading or purchasing Crime Against Nature, the book. The making of the mandrill painting is shown on my blog.

wildlife painting by queer artist Gwenn Seemel — detail image