Malagasy sacred ibis Metal Print

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The Malagasy sacred ibis has evolved from the well known African sacred ibis – the bird that used to be considered the living incarnation of the ancient Egyptian god Toth. One of the two subspecies of the Malagasy sacred ibis is endemic to the west coastal region of Madagascar, inhabiting mudflats, estuaries, mangrove swamps and coastal lakes (the other subspecies occurs on Aldabra, Seychelles). The species is endangered by wetland habitat degradation, uncontrolled hunting and harvesting of eggs.

A few years ago I started a wildlife conservation-environmental awareness poster project called ‘12images’ - you can find more details and information about it on my blog: http://www.12images.net/endangered-and-extinct-animals/12-images-for-environmental-awareness/.

I started with two 12 piece series featuring already extinct and critically endangered animals and I plan to continue the project with more collections from time to time - this Madagascar series is the first...

Collections featuring original artwork of illustrator and writer Moira Risen and carefully curated collections of digitally restored and cleaned illustrations from artists of the Golden Age, vintage botanical drawings, advertising posters from the early 1900's, traditional Chinese flower and bird paintings and some selected works of modernist painters. With licensing inquiries or any other questions please contact Moira personally via this email. You find more information about her and her creative projects on her personal website and on her blog. About Moira's artwork: 'I rather label my creations illustrations than classic fine art pieces because almost always there's a story (or at least a fragment of a story...) behind them -...