Original Chimp Art by Lisa & Janice

Original art by Lisa and Janice on a 9×12″ canvas

Art is an enrichment activity offered to our residents. Some chimps enjoy it, while others prefer not to. The choice is theirs to make.

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About the Artists

My name is Janice and I was born on January 16, 1999, at The Coulston Foundation, a research lab in Alamogordo, NM. My parents were Angelica and Hanzie. At some point, probably in 2000, I was “loaned” to another research lab in Maryland. No records are available that tell Save the Chimps what happened to me there. In 2005, I was shipped to New Iberia Research Center, a research lab in Louisiana. However, when Save the Chimps took over The Coulston Foundation, the sanctuary became the legal “owners” of me; the problem was, the lab did not want to give me up. After a long struggle, STC was finally able to take me home. Not long after my arrival, I became an adopted big sister to Marlon and Dylan, two infant chimpanzees also rescued in 2007 from a facility in Texas. I was and continue to be sweet and gentle with the two boys, and with everyone I meet, both chimp and human. Today, I live in Ron’s Family, and I, along with Marlon, Dylan, and the rest of my chimpanzee family have a big beautiful island upon which we can roam and play to our heart’s content. Another of our favorite activities is painting, and I love to join in the fun of spreading color paints all over a canvas…and the walls and floors!

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My name is Lisa and I was born at The Coulston Foundation (TCF), delivered by C-section, and was immediately taken from my mother, Nova, to be raised in the nursery by humans. My records indicate that my health was not good for the first year of my life, often suffering from fever and diarrhea. Despite this, when I was approximately 18 months old, I was used in a biomedical research study. For the next 16 weeks, I was injected with ketamine at least 22 times to anesthetize me for blood draws and throat cultures. My records do not indicate that I was used in any subsequent research studies.

In 2002, I was rescued by Save the Chimps when TCF closed its doors, and I am now a member of a growing chimpanzee family. Art is an enrichment activity offered to those of us who are interested. I am an enthusiastic painter, using both a brush and my tongue, and I talk to myself and clap my hands as I paint. Although Save the Chimps most often provides the chimps with non-toxic acrylics for their masterpieces, I have also shown a preference for pastels (aka sidewalk chalk).