Against The Stream

21 x 27 cm ✦ Watercolour, gouache and coloured pencil on paper

Eels and freshwater mussels have at least one thing in common: in the last century both have become extremely endangered. Their numbers have plummeted due to radical changes in river habitats, such as damming, water pollution, invasive species introduced by humans – the list goes on.

These two particular species have sustained for hundreds of millions of years. I wonder if our own species could ever achieve anything like it – or if we're here just to wipe it out.