extinction

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 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, 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, 10 months ago

Thank you very much for your kind words :-)

Heather Rivet..., 10 months ago

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

houk, 10 months ago

It really is amazing. Beautiful scene

Louise LeGresley, 10 months ago

Oh my, how wonderful, magical… :)

Scott Ruhs, 10 months ago

Congrats on your image being featured! Well Done!

Headcrime, 10 months ago

Great work!

Al Bourassa, 10 months ago

Evocative art!

Albert1000, 10 months ago

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

thrumyeyes, 10 months ago

Gorgeous Diana

Imber, 10 months ago

Lovely piece of art!

Alyson Pearson, 10 months ago

aww so sad, but beautiful

Douzy, 10 months ago

Superb work!!

emapearl, 10 months ago

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

pentangled, 10 months ago

inspired piece of art. :o)

Helene Kippert, 10 months ago

Beautiful work Diana

genevieve m, 10 months ago

this is wonderful, visually beautiful yet so sad.

RoughDiamond, 10 months ago

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

Peta Hill, 10 months ago

beautifully sad

binjy, 10 months ago

Wonderfully evocative , and a strong message, gently done.

Dave Sandersfeld, 10 months ago

Wonderful message and image, Diana Thanks

Ann Garrett, 10 months ago

Awesome work

Damian, 10 months ago

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

helene ruiz, 10 months ago

excellent

Cacciatore Del..., 10 months ago

This is a fantastic concept, well executed.

Deborah Fuller, 10 months ago

great work I see your view.

Tallulah, 10 months ago

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

giovanniart, 10 months ago

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

Leah Highland, 10 months ago

Wonderful image
Description is sad but true.

Angelina Marek..., 10 months ago

interesting

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, 10 months ago

Beautiful work. Wonderful vision. Love your portfolio!

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, 10 months ago

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

Bluemoonshadow, 10 months ago

Very thought provoking image.. wonderfully done too..

Colin Wells, 9 months ago

fantastic work

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, 9 months ago

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

Michele Roohani, 9 months ago

gorgeous image – love your words too.

Michelle Avery, 9 months ago

Fabulous work – I love the backgrounds that you use!

mare, 9 months ago

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

Jan Piller, 9 months ago

Amazing piece of work!

Heather Morris, 9 months ago

Absolute perfection!

FireRabbit, 9 months ago

Wow! This is absolutely wonderful

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, 9 months ago

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

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, 9 months ago

amazing work

CJ Hummel, 9 months ago

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

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, 9 months ago

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

Lisa Weber, 8 months ago

very unique, beautifully rendered

Sidhegraphics, 8 months ago

Wonderful art and message!

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, 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, 8 months ago

Beautiful

Anette Tyler, 8 months ago

Fantastic image. Great work

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, 7 months ago

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

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, 7 months ago

Brilliant and original work of art.

Karen Cook, 7 months ago

Absolutely beautiful!

mealiex, 7 months ago

wondrous creatures, beautiful artwork..

Upsidedownck, 5 months ago

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

John Pitman, 3 months ago

Lovely piece of work.

screamqueen, 3 months ago

cute!

Ryan Fisher, 2 months ago

sad, but one of the best i’ve seen

Artway, about 1 month ago

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

Rob Davies, about 1 month ago

Awesome

catblack, about 1 month ago

so interesting

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, about 1 month ago

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

CATNIPMEOW, about 1 month ago

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

ImagesFX, about 1 month ago

lovely piece….

Henk Stolk, about 1 month ago

Art with capital A

Anita Charlton, about 1 month ago

lovely and great concept

Lucindawind, about 1 month ago

fabulous !

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, about 1 month ago

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

Neal

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, about 1 month ago

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

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

Thank YOU for your nice comment!

artchicnj, 7 days ago

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

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 in reply to Willow2787’s comment, 4 days ago

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