Step right up, folks! Don’t miss this year’s week of illustrated A.Word.A.Day words with Wordsmith Ringmaster Anu Garg!

The show opens with a pair of mischievous monkeys, illustrating our first word, “Mimetic: Copying the behavior, appearance, or characteristics of others.”

With the initial “M” in mind, my first thought was the classic Marx Brothers’ mirror scene, but once the phrase “monkey see, monkey do” came to mind I was off to the circus instead!

There, two marvelously mobile monkeys mirrored each other to make a mutual “M” (& more “M”s appeared in the background, for good measure.) It was a fun one to paint & a merry diversion from the maddening political circus going on this year. (Unlike the next illustration! Come back tomorrow if you dare to enter that sideshow!)

This painting & prints are available in my Etsy Shop, Curious Art Lab.