- Susan Shimeld
_Wildlife Artist and Natural History Illustrator


Baby Orangutan

© Susan Shimeld

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Birute Galdikas, the founder of the Orangutan Foundation, has worked for the past 30 years in the tropical rain forest in Kalimantan, (Indonesian Borneo). She has dedicated her life to studying, conserving and protecting orangutans, known locally as 'men of the forest', plus protecting their environment.

This baby orangutan was photographed at the rescue centre in Borneo - the photographer, David Barker, kindly donated the photograph to the Orangutan Foundation. As soon as I saw the photograph, I knew that I wanted to portray this lovely little face.

The Orangutan Foundation is an organisation dedicated to the conservation of orangutans and their habitat. Money is needed to fund local education programmes and to help protect the orangutans' natural habitat - the tropical rainforests. Years of illegal tree felling and the destruction of the remaining forests, are just a few of the many factors threatening the future survival of this magnificent species. Donations are needed in order to help protect the remaining populations of orangutan; to help care for and rehabilitate captive and orphaned orangs, such as this little chap.

From childhood, drawing in pencil has always been a pleasure. To study and draw this young orangutans expressive and beautiful little face was an even greater pleasure. As mentioned above, with the purchase of each Baby Orangutan Fine Art Print and Greetings Card a donation is made to the Orangutan Foundation. As with all primate species, their future depends on our actions now. The original pencil drawing plus 'Baby Orangutan' Fine Art Prints and 'Baby Orangutan' Greetings Cards are all available from my Gallery Shop.

From the sale of my wildlife art, my 'Baby Orangutan' pencil drawing and the sale of each 'Baby Orangutan' Fine Art Print and Greetings Card a donation is given to the Orangutan Foundation.

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