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"The VANISHING" "ALL OUR LIVES MATTER"
This universe is a web of connected tissue and cells. You might not see it. But it's there. You can't change or delete a member without impacting the next one no matter how unrelated you might believe they are to each other.
Even animal life is as valuable as a human life, and even impossible without it.
The vulture population in India has declined by 97% to 99%. The reason is the drug diclofenic, which vultures ingest from previously treated animals' carcasses, which in turn causes the retinal disease in the vultures. Vultures are natures cleanup crew. Feral dogs and other animals have taken the vulture's place with disastrous results. India now has the highest human death rate from rabies (45% and steadily climbing), than any other country in the world.
One animal species disappears from the ecosystem: children die of rabies, diseases propagate, dire economic results are felt, centuries of traditions are impacted and a...

STATEMENT: I sign all my creations, T. G. Willey. Art was my voice before I spoke words. So, it’s simple too say Art shapes the journey of my life and the artistic desire to use all my senses. Art is my way of life and to live any other way is dishonest. EDUCATION: St. Louis , Mo.: Senior High, National Scholastic Award, St. Louis Museum of Art, Washington University and St. Louis University I began regularly showing my work on the prestigious Southeast Florida Juried Art Show Circuit in the late 1990s, while acting as the Business Administrator for the Ambassador Galleries, on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach. For many years I have painted strictly on commission for collectors from all over the world, because of my training, and the...