Behind the sand and the plush pets, Monteiro aims to connect with his audience and cause an emotional response.
His dewy vixens, cuddly plush pets, alchemical symbols, religious emblems, primordial landscapes and slabs of meat challenge his audience not necessarily with their own oddity but with the introduction of their soothing cultural familiarity into unsettling circumstances.
On the other hand, when I took all of plush pets of my daughter and covered myself with them, it was a kind of life's celebration childhood, it was a very pleasant experience".
That included everything from pet food to plush toys to swim therapy.
Though he was aiming for an affordable toy, he also wanted to make them collectible, like last year's hit toy, the plush hamsters called Zhu Zhu Pets.
Enjoy the plush animal kind of virtual pets.
Plush toys are not sold in pet supply stores.
"If I were an intellectual masochist, it would be difficult to find a more pleasing job at which one could be beaten up," he adds, sitting within petting distance of a plush toy lion at the office of one of the less contentious boards he graces, the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife.
Looking relaxed and well, the 72-year-old strolled in the front garden of his plush villa in Islamabad, playing with a pet dog and receiving well-wishers.
If the character you choose has a pet, try to get a plush toy of that pet and carry it around in your bag.
