Red Wolf Moon Original

RED WOLF MOON | Oil Paint & Mixed Media Collage on Birch Panel 

I hope you enjoy this piece as much as I enjoyed creating it. Thank you for helping me live my artistic dream.

The red wolf is among the world’s most endangered canids. Historically widespread across the southeastern United States, its numbers plunged due to habitat loss, persecution, and predator-control campaigns, leading to the species being declared extinct in the wild by 1980. 

Today, only a small wild population survives — largely confined to a refuge in eastern North Carolina — while a captive-breeding program strives to preserve the species.

Symbolically, the red wolf embodies resilience and survival against overwhelming odds. It represents loyalty, family bonds, and cooperation — traits rooted in its social pack structure. As a shy yet vigilant predator, it also stands for subtle strength, adaptability, and the fragile balance of wild ecosystems.