Mexican wolf - lobo Metal Print

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The Mexican wolf – aka lobo is one of the gray wolf subspecies that are on the endangered list. They were extirpated in the wild during the mid-1900s through a combination of hunting, trapping, poisoning and digging pups from dens. The subspecies was saved by the captive breeding and reintroduction program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but the recovering populations are still severely in danger due to illegal shootings.

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 - these are the images of these two collections. I plan to continue the project with more collections from time to time - I've already made another portraying species of Madagascar'...

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 -...