Wildlife conservation and Meditation

Health and Work made 2021 a quiet year artwise - An eager to create has been building up

At the moment I'm working on two different pieces. This tiger is one of them. The drawing is bigger than this picture suggests, but I'll show you more as it goes. It is the year of the tiger, so I'm probably going to do a couple of drawings/paintings of tigers this year. They need support to survive as a spieces, so I feel it's a nice thing to do to raise awareness.

“The drawing and painting is like meditation for me, keeps the mind of everything else. I never focus on the end result - I just love the process.”

Since the early 20th century, tiger populations have lost at least 93% of their historic range, from 100 000 to 3 200. Major reasons for population decline are habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation and poaching. Tigers are also victims of human-wildlife conflict, particularly in range countries with a high human population density, and tiger parts are illegally traded as status symbols.

The tiger is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List (The International Union for Conservation of Nature). But thanks to major international conservation activities the trend is turning. At the last count in 2016 the population had increased for the first time in a century. The estimated population is now 3 900.

The other piece I'm working on is a beautiful portrait of an African Elephant, which is listed as Critically Endagered on the IUCN Red List. This one is in acrylics. Progress photo is coming up soon.

The drawing and painting is like meditation for me, keeps the mind of everything else. I never focus on the end result - I just love the process. And by focusing on a small little piece at a time, the drawing evolves. It's very satifying and soul healing to create.

Here is a little meditative video for you.

With love

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