Endangered Online

 News came a few days ago that my digital paintings of the "American Red Wolf" and the "Western Meadowlark" (both posted here early this year) placed in the "Highly Commended" category of a new international exhibition, Endangered: Art4Apes, online now and until the end of the year. The exhibition is in support of The Center for Great Apes, a nonprofit that provides a permanent sanctuary for chimpanzees and orangutans retired or rescued from various roles. The intent of the exhibition is to draw international attention to the near-extinction of many species, not just great apes. Owing to the pandemic, the exhibition is completely online this year, featuring paintings, photography, digital work and drawings of endangered and threatened species. 

Hoff: "Watchful," digital

Earlier in the year I posted digital paintings here and on Daily Digitalia devoted to various members of the great apes, particularly bonobos and orangutans (like "Watchful," above). But before long other endangered species caught my eye too, like the Ring-tail Lemur (below), and the koalas in Australia, and before long the list got longer and longer.

The majority of works in the exhibition are for sale and a percent of the proceeds will go to the ape sanctuary. So please, take a look at the exhibition and if something strikes your fancy, consider a purchase.

Hoff, "Ring-tail Lemur," digital

For those of you interested in my other digital paintings, you can buy them singly or in sets of four on my website. Half of the proceeds from sales online will go to support organizations devoted to halting species extinction. And thank you in advance.