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Zebra

Mamaroneck, NY

Note: Zebras with their black and white stripes represent harmony, unity and balance in the African ecosystem. The coil represents journey and changes in life as we all make such a journey during our existence experiencing many changes that are comprised by our daily activities (reinforced by the scattered lottery tickets). The turquoise splotches represent watering holes that African wildlife must utilize to survive as well as life itself and freedom. The zebra is located by one of these watering holes such that all of the attributes of this digital work of art are compressed into a tiny area. The spacer rings represent continuity as the seasons alternate between dry and wet, cold and hot in much of sub-Saharan Africa where wildlife such as zebras inhabit. The happy face exhibits the emotions and feelings of visualizing, documenting and experiencing the African ecosystem and its rich treasures when these wildlife refuges are preserved and wildlife is protected from poachers and senseless development.
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©UdoSm said:

Great again...
5 years ago

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Excellent work.
5 years ago ( translate )

Xata said:

I appreciate your composition and your explanation of its meaning, I lived in Africa (humanitary mission for over a year) and am very touched by your work and your artistic expression of a feeling I deeply can understand. It is somewhere very painful, feeling so powerless against the destruction of an ecosystem and a traditional way of life...
5 years ago

William Sutherland replied to Xata:

Thank you for sharing your life experience and what Africa means to you. Kudos to you for taking the time out of your life to make a meaningful difference in this often unappreciated continent! I spent 2 weeks on a photographic safari in South Africa and in this short time also got a chance to view the rundown areas where so many people live, some of the wildfires during the dry season and the abundance of unique wildlife. It pained me to see how many live in poor conditions without plumbing and running water, relying on rigged power lines for electricity when well developed urban centers are located only some 10 or 15 km away. The poaching problem problem and the fact so many lions are now suffering from tuberculosis was especially troublesome. Will they survive for future generations? Will their be rhinos some 50 years from now? Will such ecosystems be relegated to history books along with the dinosaurs? I pray not.
5 years ago

Trudy Tuinstra said:

you made great art again
5 years ago

Andy Rodker said:

Another wonderful work of art and message!
5 years ago

William Sutherland said:

Thank you UdoSm, Criss, Jaap, Pajmcb, Xata, Manfred, Trudy, and Andy!
5 years ago

J.Garcia said:

The zebra and the man in perfect coexistence
The look is happy but also a little afraid with the future

I like very much and your note is also perfect, William!
5 years ago

William Sutherland said:

Thank you J. Garcia. Yes the future of this priceless ecosystem is uncertain at best. :( Without it, Africa will certainly lost a significant part of her identity.
5 years ago

Erika Akire said:

...the destruction of our last ecosystems compressed into art...
5 years ago

Nicole Merdrignac said:

Superbe composition avec note. Nicole.
5 years ago ( translate )

Kama 56 said:

superbe création
5 years ago ( translate )

RHH said:

Appreciate the notes explaining these, William.
5 years ago

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Marie-claire Gallet said:

Very meaningful and always so creative, William !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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