Gopher Tortoise "Where Do I Go?" Original Watercolor Painting

Introducing for the first time ever on the Wild Planet Creations website, "Where Do I Go?" featuring a Federally Threatened gopher tortoise witnessing encroachment from commercial and residential overdevelopment. Gopher tortoises are known as keystone species because the burrows they dig provide shelter for over 360 different species! Samantha created this painting to showcase that gopher tortoises, who require around 4 acres of land to survive, are being pushed out of their homes due to habitat destruction.

This painting is 9" x 12" in size and comes matted as well as framed. Samantha hand-selected the mat board and frame to really make this painting stand out. The hanging hooks are already installed to make decorating your home with this piece a breeze.

It took a full 2 weeks for Samantha to complete this incredibly detailed painting. She focused heavily on the perspective of the painting to make sure the vanishing point on the horizon, the gopher tortoise in the foreground, and everything in between look like they are in the right position, giving depth to the scene. Samantha also had quite a challenging time figuring out how to properly paint sand, which is commonly found in the gopher tortoise's habitat. Samantha primarily used Winsor and Newton professional series watercolor tube paints on cold press, acid free, 300 gsm  Blick watercolor paper. She hand signed the front of the painting as well as the back (which she also dated with the year this painting was created - 2024). As you'll see in the listing photos, Samantha used one of her own reference photos to paint this gopher tortoise.

Samantha is more than happy to hand deliver this painting right to your front door! (as long as you reside within 100 miles of her art studio location). Otherwise, she will ensure pristine delivery via a custom made and well-insulated ULINE box. The painting will also come with a hand signed and dated Certificate of Authenticity with gold detailing and placed in a high-quality certificate folder.

Any watermarks on the photographs used in this listing are purely to ensure that someone (or AI) does not steal the artwork illegally. The watermarks do not exist on the actual painting. Also, the resolution of the photos used in this listing is much lower than the actual painting! In other words, the painting's details are crisp and vivid compared to some of the photographs here (Shopify doesn't allow image files above a certain size).

With your official adoption of this painting, Wild Planet Creations will donate 10% of all profits to wildlife conservation organizations! This means $130 will be donated from the purchase of this painting! Thank you for your contribution to wildlife conservation!