'Three Wishes'

This is my entry for 's Endangered Animals Advertisement Contest.
I went with a fairy-tale theme. I hope you all like how it turned out!

The wolf (referencing Little Red Riding Hood) and bear (Goldilocks and the Three Bears) in the picture are not meant to depict any specific species, but rather as a generic face to represent the dozens of threatened wolf and bear species in the world:

Endagered Wolf species:
Red Wolf
Vancouver Island Wolf
Caspian Sea Wolf
Arabian Wolf
Eastern Wolf
Ethiopian Wolf
Himalayan Wolf
Hokkaido Wolf (probably extinct)
Indian Wolf
Grey Wolf (endangered in some areas)
Mexican Wolf
_{(There are also many extinct species of wolves.)}

Endangered and vulnerable Bear species:
Tibetan Blue Bear
Syrian Brown Bear
Bergman's Bear (probably extinct)
Gobi Bear
Spectacled Bear
Grizzly Bear
Himalayan Brown Bear
Sun Bear
Ussuri Brown Bear
Marsican Brown Bear
Polar Bear
Sloth Bear
Sri Lankan Sloth Bear
_{(Pandas aren't bears.)}

The last animal in the picture is a Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (standing in for one of the Three Billy Goats Gruff), which dropped down to a population of less than 100 in 1995 before they were put on the endangered species list, but have been steadily recovering and, though still endangered, are now estimated to number nearer to 1000.

Acrylic on Bristol board, 7 x 8 3/4 inches


If you like this picture, you might also be interested in my painting, 'Blind Injustice': [link]