Portrait Collage
Last Sanctuary of the Ghost Bird
Archival aluminum print
30” x 40”
2025
My second piece on the critically endangered and possibly extinct ivory-billed woodpecker. Due to the destruction of its habitat and hunting the last known sighting of this bird occurred in 1944. In this piece, the last mated pair desperately seeks refuge in a remote sanctuary deep in the cypress woods of the Gulf Coast South. Guarded only by two hound dogs and two men , these majestic creatures stay close to their protectors as the worlds closes in on them - unaware that they are most likely the last of their species on earth.