‘A Very Taiwanese King Kong’
台灣版金剛（臺灣黑熊征服台北101）

黑熊霸王 Pronounced Hei Xiong Ba Wang!
(Translates roughly as Black Bear King)

50 x 70cm, Acrylic Gouache on Cold Pressed 400gsm 100% Cotton Fabriano Paper /壓克力不透明顏料與Fabriano 400磅冷壓棉紙

Original, framed painting is £500. Limited edition print available here.
The idea for this painting came suddenly and fully formed - prompted by glancing up at Taipei 101 and imagining how much more fun King Kong would have been if King Kong was a Taiwan Black Bear. The style of the poster is inspired by the iconic, hand-painted posters made for the original 1933 movie but, of course, replacing the landscape of New York with Taipei - and replacing the airplanes with a flock of Taiwan Blue Magpies.

看著台北101時，我突然想到金剛與帝國大廈，靈機一動，如果是台灣黑熊在上面攀爬是多麼的有趣，馬上就讓我有了繪圖的靈感。整幅畫的想法來自於1933年的手繪版電影海報，當然，紐約相對於台北，而原始海報中的飛機以台灣藍鵲取代。