Callows Panorama

By Lelia Henry – View Artist’s Profile

This print depicts an area along the River Shannon, known as the Shannon Callows. It is a designated Special Area of Conservation, protected under the EU’s Natura 2000 Directive, and one of only three such wetlands reserves in Europe. Despite this, the area is in rapid decline, with more than 50% of it’s species becoming extinct in the last ten years, as habitats increasingly come under threat, from the impact of human activity and climate change. This is a study for a large scale charcoal drawing which, on completion, will measure 8 x 1.1m.