extinction

extinction by Diana Calvario

extinction

I always felt a special love for seahorses (Hippocampus). I was really getting sad while finishing this piece of art … stupid humans, destroying everything and trying to get the last specimens before complete extinction.

  • billyboy

    billyboy, 10 months ago

    Amazing piece Diana, and I share your love of seahorses, and your concern over their fate. Your imagery is very clever and sends a message… a very strong one in fact. I also love your processing style and the simplicity of the image. Well spoken with no words!

  • Trevor Patterson IPA

    Trevor Patters..., 10 months ago

    They are very wonderful creatures, I hadn’t realized they were an endangered species. it’s a very poignant piece. Well done Diana

  • clarkey

    clarkey, 10 months ago

    I also love seahorses and find it difficult to believe (at times) that the Asian markets are such heavy consumers of them

    I love the way you have depicted them in this piece and, I especially love the malevolent look of the eyes on the free one. The caged one shows its despair very clearly.

    Your image speaks eloquently of their plight. Very well done.

  • Diana Calvario

    Diana Calvario, 10 months ago

    Thank you very much for your kind words :-)

  • Heather  Rivet  IPA

    Heather Rivet..., 10 months ago

    I love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • houk

    houk, 10 months ago

    It really is amazing. Beautiful scene

  • Louise LeGresley

    Louise LeGresley, 10 months ago

    Oh my, how wonderful, magical… :)

  • Scott Ruhs

    Scott Ruhs, 10 months ago

    Congrats on your image being featured! Well Done!

  • Headcrime

    Headcrime, 10 months ago

    Great work!

  • Al Bourassa

    Al Bourassa, 10 months ago

    Evocative art!

  • Albert1000

    Albert1000, 10 months ago

    Oh, a very nice image! That’s right, exclamation point!

  • thrumyeyes

    thrumyeyes, 10 months ago

    Gorgeous Diana

  • Imber

    Imber, 10 months ago

    Lovely piece of art!

  • Alyson Pearson

    Alyson Pearson, 10 months ago

    aww so sad, but beautiful

  • Douzy

    Douzy, 10 months ago

    Superb work!!

  • emapearl

    emapearl, 10 months ago

    aw .. this is so sad … and completely adorable. i love it. the colour is wonderful! :)

  • pentangled

    pentangled, 10 months ago

    inspired piece of art. :o)

  • Helene Kippert

    Helene Kippert, 10 months ago

    Beautiful work Diana

  • genevieve m

    genevieve m, 10 months ago

    this is wonderful, visually beautiful yet so sad.

  • RoughDiamond

    RoughDiamond, 10 months ago

    Seahorses are my favourite little animal. This is so beautiful … so sad … so true … thank you :) x

  • Peta Hill

    Peta Hill, 10 months ago

    beautifully sad

  • binjy

    binjy, 10 months ago

    Wonderfully evocative , and a strong message, gently done.

  • Dave Sandersfeld

    Dave Sandersfeld, 10 months ago

    Wonderful message and image, Diana Thanks

  • Ann Garrett

    Ann Garrett, 10 months ago

    Awesome work

  • Damian

    Damian, 10 months ago

    Beautiful image! I feel the same way about human-induced extinction.

  • helene ruiz

    helene ruiz, 10 months ago

    excellent

  • Cacciatore Del Demon

    Cacciatore Del..., 10 months ago

    This is a fantastic concept, well executed.

  • Deborah Fuller

    Deborah Fuller, 10 months ago

    great work I see your view.

  • Tallulah

    Tallulah, 10 months ago

    Very poignant piece. Love it, love the bubbles. Well done.

  • giovanniart

    giovanniart, 10 months ago

    This is not only a good shot but is also very well thought out

  • Leah Highland

    Leah Highland, 10 months ago

    Wonderful image
    Description is sad but true.

  • Angelina Marekwica

    Angelina Marek..., 10 months ago

    interesting

  • Claire McAdams

    Claire McAdams, 10 months ago

    So artistic! the blue color really expresses the sadness in this, the little bubbles are the perfect touch too, fabulous!

  • uncommondepth

    uncommondepth, 10 months ago

    Beautiful work. Wonderful vision. Love your portfolio!

  • nikirios

    nikirios, 10 months ago

    I held a seahorse in my hands as the waves carried it to shore and pushed it back into the deep blue. Beauty!!!

  • bites

    bites, 10 months ago

    It’s true humans r so destructive, this is a beautiful peice of work so sweet!

  • Bluemoonshadow

    Bluemoonshadow, 10 months ago

    Very thought provoking image.. wonderfully done too..

  • Colin Wells

    Colin Wells, 9 months ago

    fantastic work

  • Anni Morris

    Anni Morris, 9 months ago

    I couldn’t agree more with your comment Diana. The seas are being overfished, polluted and used as a dumping ground. Te seahorse is such a fine and delicate image…full of vunerability. I love those intricate bird cages too…but only as decorative decoration…not to keep birds in…I prefer them to fly wild…feel the air beneath their wings.

  • Zigga

    Zigga, 9 months ago

    Such a powerful image & so sad but so true. A really beautifully constructed piece of work!

  • Michele Roohani

    Michele Roohani, 9 months ago

    gorgeous image – love your words too.

  • Michelle Avery

    Michelle Avery, 9 months ago

    Fabulous work – I love the backgrounds that you use!

  • mare

    mare, 9 months ago

    I agree entirely with your sentiments. This is a wonderful work

  • Jan Piller

    Jan Piller, 9 months ago

    Amazing piece of work!

  • Heather Morris

    Heather Morris, 9 months ago

    Absolute perfection!

  • FireRabbit

    FireRabbit, 9 months ago

    Wow! This is absolutely wonderful

  • Bridgett Ferguson

    Bridgett Ferguson, 9 months ago

    this is so beautiful….the color,the texture,the feel….everything!
    and I couldn’t agree more with you on the tragedy of humans
    destroying everything….so sad,yet so true.
    gorgeous work! ;)

  • TrEaSuReDiMaGeS

    TrEaSuReDiMaGeS, 9 months ago

    This is another Brilliant piece….... And a very Powerful message, Outstanding!!!

  • ltruskett

    ltruskett, 9 months ago

    It seems that when it comes to supidity, we humans do our best. I love the concept and the colour – not to mention the message.

  • andrewmay

    andrewmay, 9 months ago

    amazing work

  • CJ Hummel

    CJ Hummel, 9 months ago

    A picture is worth a thousand words and your image speaks volumes.

  • Nira Dabush

    Nira Dabush, 9 months ago

    Me too always loved seahorses, Diana..somehow…perhaps because I got once 2 of them, many years ago…And..I made few artworks with them…

  • Nira Dabush

    Nira Dabush, 9 months ago

    This is SO BEAUTIFULLY Done…If they could talk, I wonder what they will tell…LOVE IT..!!

  • Lisa  Weber

    Lisa Weber, 8 months ago

    very unique, beautifully rendered

  • Sidhegraphics

    Sidhegraphics, 8 months ago

    Wonderful art and message!

  • John Arkleton

    John Arkleton, 8 months ago

    A moving and imaginative piece of work. I often see seahorses down at the marina here so let’s hope that we’ll get our act together before they really are extinct. A ray of hope for the seahorse in the cage – I reckon it could squeeze through the top bars if it tried!

  • pattimus

    pattimus, 8 months ago

    Amazing and brilliant, from an artisitic stand point and logic stand point. Always nice to see someone who actually gives a damn about animals and understands just what “extinction” means….

    Very nice job

  • Jodie Carruthers

    Jodie Carruthers, 8 months ago

    Beautiful

  • Anette Tyler

    Anette Tyler, 8 months ago

    Fantastic image. Great work

  • frozenfa

    frozenfa, 7 months ago

    aww.. very sad piece.. i love the way you used seahorses and place 1 in the cage.. very interesting.. very bittersweet.. n_n”

  • Mal  Gowler

    Mal Gowler, 7 months ago

    Hi Diana. I love this picture, I am fascinated by seahorses. Well Done

  • red addiction

    red addiction, 7 months ago

    This is something you dont see everyday. It’s so unique and eye catching. I really like this.

  • Basia McAuley

    Basia McAuley, 7 months ago

    Brilliant and original work of art.

  • Karen Cook

    Karen Cook, 7 months ago

    Absolutely beautiful!

  • mealiex

    mealiex, 7 months ago

    wondrous creatures, beautiful artwork..

  • Upsidedownck

    Upsidedownck, 5 months ago

    This is so beautiful! Seahorses are amazing.
    I love the color and the balance of this piece.

  • John Pitman

    John Pitman, 3 months ago

    Lovely piece of work.

  • screamqueen

    screamqueen, 3 months ago

    cute!

  • Ryan  Fisher

    Ryan Fisher, 2 months ago

    sad, but one of the best i’ve seen

  • Artway

    Artway, about 1 month ago

    Awwww. What a sad but beautiful image, a thoughtful piece, I love it

  • Rob Davies

    Rob Davies, about 1 month ago

    Awesome

  • catblack

    catblack, about 1 month ago

    so interesting

  • A. E. Russell

    A. E. Russell, about 1 month ago

    Beautiful work! I love the colours and the composition. I hear you about the sea horses, they are so wonderful.

  • Rowi

    Rowi, about 1 month ago

    This is a great concept, and you have executed it so well, I really love this

  • CATNIPMEOW

    CATNIPMEOW, about 1 month ago

    You are so right …...alot of stupid humans indeed !!! This is a very beautiful piece…......
    Love your description….....

  • ImagesFX

    ImagesFX, about 1 month ago

    lovely piece….

  • Henk Stolk

    Henk Stolk, about 1 month ago

    Art with capital A

  • Anita Charlton

    Anita Charlton, about 1 month ago

    lovely and great concept

  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind, about 1 month ago

    fabulous !

  • MashedPotato

    MashedPotato, about 1 month ago

    naww. It makes me sad to see them selling dried seahorses in herbal shops as a remedy. I doubt they work.

  • Neal1234

    Neal1234, about 1 month ago

    Hi Diana – I loved this on DA and still love it here. Such a powerful image

    Neal

  • Yamile Yemoonyah

    Yamile Yemoonyah, about 1 month ago

    Did you know that seahorses are monogamous? If you kill one the other will never mate again!
    So if you kill just one a whole genetic line dies out!

  • ArtOfficialArt

    ArtOfficialArt, about 1 month ago

    Lovely piece of work!
    Feel free to check out our work and tell us what you think!

  • jannetie

    jannetie, 26 days ago

    I’m glad you said it first, it made me sad too, for all the same reasons you give. Still, a gorgeous painting!

  • CherieStrongArt

    CherieStrongArt, 14 days ago

    This is an original and wonderful work. That it has a message too I think is what great art is all about. Fantastic and sorrowful jointly. Thankyou!

  • Diana Calvario

    Diana Calvario in reply to CherieStrongArt’s comment, 14 days ago

    Thank YOU for your nice comment!

  • artchicnj

    artchicnj, 7 days ago

    I also did not know that they were endangered. Very strong message through imagery…

  • Willow2787

    Willow2787, 6 days ago

    I just made an account today… and have been browsing through and admiring all of this amazing art. I just needed to add that your’s was the first to touch and amaze me enough to leave a comment! Absolutely Amazing!

  • Diana Calvario

    Diana Calvario in reply to Willow2787’s comment, 4 days ago

    I’m pleased and honored! Thank you for your nice words :-)

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