In Memoriam, Lonesome George

Quick drawing in carbon pencil of Lonesome George, the last of his kind, who died yesterday aged - so they think - about 100. I suspect, given the many failed attempts to help him to breed, that he was probably a bit older than that, and just not up to it. The last of the Pinta Island giant tortoises.
About the Artist
Robert Jones, Napa
Born November 18th 1950. Former party political agent, former chairman of housing association. Has worked as a volunteer with the NHS since 2000, painting seriously for the last ten years, sporadically for the last 50. Member, National Association of Painters in Acrylic from October 2015.…
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