Oil on canvas. 39.5 x 39.5 inches (100cm x 100cm) 2017
Allegorical painting about displacement and loss. The monochromatic panel highlights irreversible loss. The crystal mosaic cross on the face of the principal animal at once highlights its preciousness and draws attention to its fate. The work takes the paintings of Henri Rousseau, as a starting point. According to the IUCN Red List Grevy's Zebra has been assessed as Endangered under criterion A2acd. There was a population reduction of 54% over the past three generations (30 years) from an estimated 5,800 in the late 1980s to a current population of about 2,680 individuals.
