ENDANGERED: Fine Art & Photography Contest 2021 Submission

The painting is meant to represent the vulnerability of wildlife and nature due to the destruction that mankind has caused throughout the world with regards to deforestation and climate change. In parallel to exposing the negative impact that humankind has had on our world and nature, the painting also demonstrates how human beings also have the power to change the destruction.

The painting depicts a strong, majestic gorilla carefully placed in the palm of a semi-closed hand. The painting suggests that their future is in our hands; it is up to mankind to change, to protect, and to save the wildlife whose populations are shrinking before us. The artwork is painted from the viewers perspective as though they are looking down onto the hand holding the gorilla. The name adds to the narrative of destruction and extinction of nature and wildlife.

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