ENDANGERED: Fine Art & Photography Contest 2021 Submission
With this being my final year as a Young Artist, I want to pay homage to the contest's heart. This drawing is one of the largest I've ever worked on, and features 21 of the world's most endangered species -- including the pangolin, vaquita, saola, Baiji dolphin and four great apes (the mountain gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo, and Sumatran orangutan). It was important for me to include species unfamiliar to many people in hopes of bringing more awareness to them and their conservation efforts. I hope that we can reverse the damaging effects humankind has had on the environment and animals before species like the 21 in this work are gone forever. It is our duty to do everything we can to preserve this beautiful planet we call home for generations to come. Only by educating ourselves on the species at risk and the ways in which we can help them does humankind really have a chance at fulfilling this dire and vital need. I hope that we can one day live in a world where no animal is endangered.