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Nov 17, 2014
Media: Colored Pencil Prismacolor on Cranson paper
Size: 29x24 in
In
the 1970s, the Brown Pelican's existence in the southeast United States
and California was threatened by pesticides like DDT and Deildrin which
caused the pelican's eggshells to be too thin and incapable of
supporting an embryo to maturity. With the ban of DDT in 1972, the
population of the brown pelican increased enough to be removed from the
endangered list. However
in 2009, California brown pelicans - a slightly smaller version of the
subspecies seen on the East and Gulf Coasts - experienced
unprecedented nesting failures and have starved to death by the
thousands because of a sharp decline in Pacific sardines, their most
important food, which has jeopardized the California brown pelican's recovery.
ARTIST STATEMENT My goal in this series of endangered species, created in the mid-80s, was to capture the souls and spirits of our mute neighbors with whom we share the planet. I was captivated and haunted by the frank eyes of all of these creatures, so human in their longing and need, pleading silently for their future and ultimate survival.
In
the 1970s, the Brown Pelican's existence in the southeast United States
and California was threatened by pesticides like DDT and Deildrin which
caused the pelican's eggshells to be too thin and incapable of
supporting an embryo to maturity. With the ban of DDT in 1972, the
population of the brown pelican increased enough to be removed from the
endangered list. However
in 2009, California brown pelicans - a slightly smaller version of the
subspecies seen on the East and Gulf Coasts - experienced
unprecedented nesting failures and have starved to death by the
thousands because of a sharp decline in Pacific sardines, their most
important food, which has jeopardized the California brown pelican's recovery.
ARTIST STATEMENT My goal in this series of endangered species, created in the mid-80s, was to capture the souls and spirits of our mute neighbors with whom we share the planet. I was captivated and haunted by the frank eyes of all of these creatures, so human in their longing and need, pleading silently for their future and ultimate survival. |
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