Endangered Species 1 (Malayan Tapir) /
Japanese pigment on Japanese Paper / 333 × 242 mm / 2015
 

 


Endangered Species 2 (Lesser Caymans Iguana) /
Japanese pigment on Japanese Paper / 333 × 242 mm / 2015
 
 
   

Endangered Species 3 (Polar Bear) /
Japanese pigment on Japanese Paper / 333 × 242 mm / 2015
   


   
 
Endangered Species 4 ( Black Rhinoceros ) /
Japanese pigment on Japanese Paper / 333 × 242 mm / 2015 
 


 
  Endangered Species 5 (Military macaw) /
 Japanese pigment on Japanese Paper / 909 × 652 mm / 2015  



   
 Endangered Species 6 (Blue-throated macaw) /
 Japanese pigment on Japanese Paper / 909 × 652 mm / 2015




 
Endangered Species 7 ( African Elephant) /
Japanese pigment on Japanese Paper / 333 × 242 mm / 2016 
    
  
  
  
  
Endangered Species 8 ( Giant Tortoise) /
Japanese pigment on Japanese Paper / 333 × 242 mm / 2016 






Endangered Species 9 ( Indian Rhinoceros) /
Japanese pigment on Japanese Paper / 333 × 242 mm / 2016 


 
 

 
Endangered Species 10 ( Malayan Tapir ) /
Japanese pigment on Japanese Paper / 333 × 242 mm / 2016 
  
  
 
 
  
 
Endangered Species 11 ( Lion) /
Japanese pigment on Japanese Paper / 409 × 273 mm / 2016 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Endangered Species 12 ( Sumatran Tiger) /
Japanese pigment on Japanese Paper / 409 × 273 mm / 2016 




 

Endangered Species 13 ( African Elephant) /
Japanese pigment on Japanese Paper / 409 × 273 mm / 2016 





 
 
Endangered Species 14 ( Indian Rhinoceros) /
Japanese pigment on Japanese Paper / 409 × 273 mm / 2016 
 











 Endangered Species series

 

In this series I draw some animals which are nominated as Endangered Species (at present time 2016). The motivation that I started this series of works came up to me through my past work of Forest series. Then I researched forest and studied ecology. I could not avoid being involved in the problem of “global warming”.

 

I have gradually known that the global warming is having bad influence on many kinds of creatures on the earth. It is said that the global warming is suspected to be the main reason of this dramatic destroying of the very important natural system called “biodiversity”.  Not only plants, but also animals are involved in this situation.

 

Although details are little different depending on researchers, at present time it is in an amazing speed that many species are going to be extinct or endangered.

 

By this negative change, biodiversity is going to be broken and when some natural climate changes globally, there will not be enough kind of species to adjust that change and maintain their lives.

If this damage to biodiversity will not be stopped and recovered, we cannot deny all the creatures on the earth would be extinct in the near future.

 

Then what has caused such a serious ecological problem? It is said that it relates to the global warming, although there are some different understandings by some scientists who insist that the reason is not only by the global warming.

 

Here the percentage is not sure, but in the past all the environmental changes including global warming which was caused by the change of Sun’s activities for instance, were only caused by nature.

However this time the reason of the ecological change (destroying) is suspected by the activity of economy or lives by human being to the natural environment. So this crisis was caused by human maybe.

 

How can we take responsibility as human beings? And it is not sure whether we can solve it or not.

 

I am not a scientist but only an artist. What can I do? I can only make some artworks and insist on this crisis through my artworks. Off course it is also an important matter how I live in personal.

 

I think we should start to admit our fault that we have done until now. And we must think the solution from now. I would like to share this problem with other people. And I am going to consider what I should do and how I live in the future.

 

For that we should share much information and select and combine them. Then we should make an answer to solve them. We should live and make action obeying the answer, I suppose.

 

Anyway I do not wish the earth will be a planet without any creatures. I hope this sustainable creatures’ world is continuing.

 

I only hope to get back to the good environment that natural ecosystem can work.

 

It must be the issue of the next generation in the world, too. We cannot avoid sharing this matter with them.

 

 

 XYZM  2016