"Horsepia"
The little painting of the Horse eye-to-eye, shown in the array, above, a watercolor/graphite by Elle Fagan, proved to be a winner in every way: the artwork won a prize in Last Fall's Art Show at

And then the little painting sold to raise funds for Animal Rescue during Hurricane Katrina Response in 2005. It is available, as are most Elle Fagan art, as a fine art print, greeting or notecard, and on mugs, tees and more. If you cannot find your way to these options, just use the site contact links to ask me - delighted to help in any way.

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"Snowflake" ~ Celebrated Albino Gorilla

Since this page is about Friends of all sorts and paintings of Animals, "Copito de Nieve", called "Snowflake" in English, fits right in!

You may not know of him, but his fame spread worldwide - Albino Guerilla - found as a toddler, still clinging to his Mother, he was sold by the hunter who killed his companions to get him. Fortunately, the buyer was a wonderful primate center in Barcelona, Spain. "Snowflake" became world-famous, lovingly raised and studied, and fathered many children and lived to see his grandchildren and survived and thrived - much longer than the norm for his kind before passing in 2003.
Snowflake portal at Online Dictionary is great, and shares a fine overview with links to "Snowflake's Web" official site, and the Barcelona Zoo, plus scientific and other links to satisfy your interest, including the asteroid named after him.
People wondered at his grimace on the stamp done to honor him, but it was part of his albino red eye issue, which would make him squint sometimes.

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