#freethesnake

[rapidpunches]

In a different world...

[snini-9]

Resting in Memory

As the moon rises, the border between dead ans alive grows thin. The exhales of the pod fill the air, the noise the only sound in the still night. The living are not alone though, traveling with them, the family they lost. Gone, but not forgotten. 8 living whales surface, bodies almost touching. 14 spirits follow, traveling once more with their earthbound family.

This is a project that has spanned almost two months. It started as a warm up sketch of J38 Cookie, but slowly, more whales started being added as my ideas became stronger. Then I had to buy some white gouache and figure out how to mix it with my watercolors to get the opacity, color, and vibrancy that I wanted. Today was a painting day once I got done with school and this painting just seemed to paint itself.

The southern residents need salmon to survive, but they’re starving to death, unable to find the salmon they so desperately need. Their dwindling numbers only remind us that their time is running out. We’re watching extinction happen right before our eyes.

[tapfineart-blog]

#75Orca are left in the Southern Resident population of the Pacific Northwest. I’m drawing one Orca a day for 75 days from April 1 - June 14 to raise awareness and funds. Each drawing is $20 and 50% goes to the Orca Conservancy. DM me for purchase or link in bio. . . #ecoart #artactivism #orca #savethewhales #artistsoninstagram #onedrawingaday #art #charity #environment #oceanminded_arts #whales #artist #ocean #southernresidentorca #freethesnake #lowerfoursnakeriverdams #endangeredspecies https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxq63INBNuC/?igshid=1trpoglelu8qt

[jmventre]

Jim Waddell - Why the Four Lower Snake River Dams Should Be Breached https://youtu.be/-vVFEwqxMRo via @YouTube

[respectanimalrights]

Breach the dams or they all will die #breachthelowersnakeriverdams #breachthedamndams #freethesnake https://www.instagram.com/p/BnwzjMZBUow/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rdrk73w94517

[keiko-conservation-blog]

SOS! Our amazing friends @swimming_in_moonlight and @hauntedluminous have teamed up with us to create @pnwprotectors! These two live on the shores of the Salish Sea and, alongside the community of whale lovers in the Pacific Northwest, have witnessed firsthand the brutal decline of the Southern Resident Orcas. The recent death of J-52 "Sonic," a two year old orca calf, has made this situation even more critical and these animals need you to be a voice for them before it's too late. "You and me. We hold the power to make changes, collectively, together. This organization’s principles are steeped in the hope that real, lasting change can be made at an individual level to help protect and save and better steward our animals and our oceans. Sonic’s (J52) death was the tipping point for PNWProtector’s launch when news surfaced of the two year old Orca’s untimely death to the heartbreaking fate of starvation. I was standing by, hoping some person behind some invisible curtain would do something about the dwindling numbers of Salmon and the disappearing Orcas, when suddenly it dawned on me that the only lasting change starts individually and collectively. Today is step one. J-52’s memorial flyer is going to be displayed everywhere that allows me to post it in their place of business. With mass awareness of the issues we face, I believe we can make giant strides to bringing the Snake River Dams down, thus resolving a huge facet of the PNW’s Salmon dilemma. If you would like a copy of this digital file to print, please DM me or I can send you however many flyers you would like. Have a PNWProtectors story? Please tag #pnwprotectors so we can feature it on our feed. Together we can do this friends!👊 Let’s Save our Salmon and our Orcas. Photograph by the talented naturalist PNWProtector @hysazu ~~~ #pnwprotectors #pnw #pacificnorthwest #conservation #oceanconservation #ocean #orca #orcas #memorial #j52 #sonic #salishsea #oursalishsea #action #politics #activism #environment #salmon #nofishnoblackfish #savewildsalmon #freethesnake"

[tapfineart-blog]

Drip, drip, drip.... #75Orca are left in the Southern Resident population of the Pacific Northwest. I’m drawing one Orca a day for 75 days from April 1 - June 14 to raise awareness and funds. Each drawing is $20 and 50% goes to the Orca Conservancy. DM me for purchase or link in bio. . . #ecoart #artactivism #orca #savethewhales #artistsoninstagram #onedrawingaday #art #charity #environment #oceanminded_arts #whales #artist #ocean #southernresidentorca #freethesnake #lowerfoursnakeriverdams #endangeredspecies #watercolor https://www.instagram.com/p/ByXv2lFhxTv/?igshid=zd94d90xn0u8

[jmventre]

Voice of the Orcas on Twitter

“Voice of the Orcas: #Superpod7: "Tipping Points" https://t.co/hMGLs9MzUp Art by K. Makowski @d_delphinidae [Please share this informational post with potential attendees] #Blackfish @Empty_the_Tanks #FreeTheSnake”

Informational post regarding #Superpod7. Please share with potential attendees. Thank you