the Unforgetting Heart | Calming Insight of Ourselves
The Unforgetting Heart | Calming Insight of Ourselves
Mixed Media: Acrylic, Ink, Watercolor on Heavyweight Paper
36" x 24"
2017
In honor of Earth's most precious treasures, I have painted 77 circles and have drawn Earth's most endangered animals, humans, trees, waters and national heritage sites within them. The circles can be read vertically, descending-- beginning in the top left.
1. Cuyahuga River - USA
2. Emperor Penguin - Antarctica
3. Yanomami Tribe - Brazil
4. Lake Karachay - Russia,
5. Monarch Butterfly - Canada, USA, Mexico,
6. Amur Leopard - China and Russia
7. Aboriginal Australians - Australia
8. Bamiyan Valley - Afghanistan
9. Everglades - USA
10. Statue of Liberty - USA
11. Baobab Tree - Madagascar
12. Javan Rhinoceros - Ujung Kulon National Park, Indonesia
13. Tiger Reserve Tribes - India
14. the city of Ani - Turkey
15. Machu Picchu - Peru
16. Clanwilliam Cedar tree - South Africa
17. Old city of Jerusalem - East Jerusalem
18. Stevns Klint - Denmark
19. Yamuna River - India
20. Sea Turtles - all major oceans
21. Fraser Fir Tree - USA
22. Tiger - Africa & Asia
23. Maluti - India
24. Lion - Africa
25. Polar Bear - Antarctica: Denmark, Norway, Russia, USA, Canada
26. Icebergs - North Atlantic, Antarctica, Greenland
27. Nenets Tribe - Siberia
28. Great Barrier Reef - Queensland, Australia
29. Dongria Kondh Tribe - India
30. Citadel of Aleppo - Syria
31. Sequoioideae (Redwood) Trees - USA
32. The pyramids and Sphinx at Giza - Egypt
33. Galapagos Islands - Ecuador
34. Rainforest - South America, Central America
35. Disco Bay - Greenland
36. Taxila - Pakistan
37. Otters (sea and river) - everywhere except Australia & Antarctica
38. Rainforest - Southeast Asia, Africa
39. Rainforest - Australia, Pacific Islands
40. Native Americans - USA
41. Mrauk-U - Myanmar
42. Citarum River - Indonesia
43. Pygmy Tribe - Central African Rainforests
44. Awa Tribe - Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
45. Great Wall of China - China
46. San People/Bushmen - South Africa, Southern Africa
47. Native Bees - everywhere
48. Blue Whale - all major oceans
49. Coral Reef Ecosystems - everywhere
50. Elephant - Asia, Africa
51. Sentinelese Tribe - Andaman Islands, India
52. Seahorses - tropical & subtropical reef waters
53. Giant Panda Bear - Bamboo Forests, Western China
54. Saint Helena Gumwood Tree - Saint Helena, British overseas territory
55. Red Wolf - USA
56. Yellow River - China
57. Bagan - Myanmar
58. Manatees - North America, South America, Africa
59. Angor - Cambodia
60. Honduras Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve - Honduras
61. Dragon Tree - Canary Islands, Spain
62. Rapa Nui, Easter Island
63. Doce River - Brazil
64. Jarawa Tribe - Andaman Islands
65. Cheetah - Africa, Iran
66. Monkey Puzzle Tree - Chile
67. Freshwater Shrimp (Caridina) - Asia, Oceania, Africa
68. Samarra - Iraq
69. Guarani Tribe - Brazil
70. Cuyahuga River - USA,
71. Ivory-horned Woodpecker - USA
72. Belize Barrier Reserve Reef System - Belize
73. Gorilla - Central Africa
74. Cycads - South Africa
75. Chan Chan - Peru
76. Ganges River - India
77. Planet Earth