Mother and Calf Manatees "Our Scars" Original Watercolor Painting

Introducing for the first time ever on the Wild Planet Creations website, "Our Scars" featuring a mother manatee and her calf, both of which have scars from a boat strike. Samantha created this painting to showcase how important it is to not feed or touch the endangered Florida manatees (no matter how friendly they seem) because this makes them much more likely to approach a dangerous moving boat. Samantha also wishes to highlight that WE can make a difference for these gentle giants by following the boat speed limit laws in areas where manatees occur. 

This painting is 12" x 15" 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 wire is already installed to make decorating your home with this piece a breeze.

It took 3 days for Samantha to complete this adorably vibrant painting. She wanted to ensure that, although injured, the manatees still radiated positivity and light - like they are a beacon of hope. She primarily used Winsor and Newton professional series watercolor tube paints (as well as a few Daniel Smith 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). 

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 $98 will be donated from the purchase of this painting! Thank you for your contribution to wildlife conservation!

Note: This painting was featured in a segment on ABC Action news in the Tampa Bay area on February 25th through March 2nd!