Oil on Canvas Board.
Image size: H 305mm, W 355mm.
I painted this as a response to the plight of the Northern White Rhino which is functionally extinct with two females and a test tube of sperm remaining. It is an example of how we humans keep leaving it to the last minute to help endangered species. The case of the Dodo has stuck with me since childhood, apparently someone noted that none had been seen for a while so they organised a search and confirmed that there were none left. Had they found one, or a viable egg, I wonder what they would have done - extreme protection in a velvet and barbed wire nest? Too little too late… Maybe the awareness of the Northern White Rhino plight when there are still two alive is a tiny sign of progress and a Noah’s Ark style recovery will happen?
Oil on Canvas Board.
Image size: H 305mm, W 355mm.
I painted this as a response to the plight of the Northern White Rhino which is functionally extinct with two females and a test tube of sperm remaining. It is an example of how we humans keep leaving it to the last minute to help endangered species. The case of the Dodo has stuck with me since childhood, apparently someone noted that none had been seen for a while so they organised a search and confirmed that there were none left. Had they found one, or a viable egg, I wonder what they would have done - extreme protection in a velvet and barbed wire nest? Too little too late… Maybe the awareness of the Northern White Rhino plight when there are still two alive is a tiny sign of progress and a Noah’s Ark style recovery will happen?