“I did this not as a commission, but as a volunteer,” Lee said. “I love libraries. I spent a lot of time in libraries growing up.”
Lee covered the walls of the Porter Memorial Library’s children’s section with colorful action featuring a monkey as the main character.
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“The library board had some ideas about bringing more life to the children’s area, where they use a monkey puppet for story time,” Lee said. “They had this vision of a monkey, living in a jungle space, and I incorporated some educational elements like numbers and letters to make it somewhat interactive.”
The painting stretches across the walls in the library, showcasing bright, child-friendly colors and characters. Part of the painting shows vivid flowers attended to by friendly bees. Others shoe a silly looking monkey cavorting across simple vines and interacting with strangely shaped birds.
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