Territorial Dispute

Watercolor Painting, 36"x48"

The California condor is a 'contemporary dinosaur' and millions of dollars and emotional energy  are spent to save  this unique species back from the brink of extinction, only to find their niche has deteriorated further and is occupied by those that have other uses for the resource.  

The land is worth to much to be possessed by a mere bird.  The re-introduction of the condor, along with his South American cousins, symbolizes our desire to go to great lengths to correct a past mistake.  And the crow represents the objections of those who currently possess the valuable resource and resent having to leave.  The coyote and the bailing wire show the resistance of some and the tangled politics involved in the issue.