Walking on Eggshells (Long-Beaked Echidna)

20×16” oil painting on canvas

The Long-beaked Echidna is one of few mammals that lays eggs like the platypus. The Echidna’s habitat is in danger due to logging, mining and farming, but is mostly endangered due to being hunted with trained dogs as they are a prized trophy animal. The Long-beaked Echidna is on the FOCAL list of Edge of Existance species, and if you would like to learn more about it, visit here: http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=2

In this painting, I portray a lone echidna in a broken habitat, half-encircled in a large translucent eggshell. The echidna needs humanity to assist if it is to continue to live.