ENDANGERED: Fine Art & Photography Contest 2021 Submission

I am an internationally exhibited and collected artist, based in Fort Lauderdale. Art4Apes is my most important and favorite cause.

My paintings are inspired by the natural magnificence, physical complexity, and inherent power of the Great Apes and other critically endangered species. These paintings are made of oil paint, pastel and graphite to capture revealing and expressive facial details and textures. The

artistic media are chosen for the flexible, direct and linear qualities that I love most in painting, drawing and sculpture. Informed by my sculpture; I aim to paint genuine volume and presence to activate the need to protect Great Apes and other endangered animals in our world. I combine intricate, accurate portrayal with energized gestural lines.

My artistic intention is to paint these animals with as much living presence as possible. Their visual presence is intended to augment awareness for all endangered creatures and heighten our attention and protection.

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