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Habitat Loss: The Mountain Gorilla - the majestic, peaceful mountain gorilla is losing its habitat. Mountain gorillas live in the quiet, mountainous regions of 3 countries in Africa: Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The abundance of large tracks of forest land bring logging companies wishing to profit off the sales of wood used for charcoal cooking stoves and building supplies. Huge loads of noisy trucks drive through their foraging areas of bamboo disturbing the tranquil environment. Tribal warfare, violence, and fire bring swarms of conflict to these regions of peaceful grooming. And the most direct threat to these proud, shy primates: poaching. Allow them a place to be left alone in the forests.

David Ralph is a contemporary artist and illustrator currently living in Maryland. David's style of painting and illustration can best be described as geometric abstraction with influences ranging from the cubist paintings of Pablo Picasso to the primitive, cutout shapes of Henri Matisse. Other notable influences for David were Paul Cezanne's fragmented landscapes and the geometrically-divided, flat-color canvases of Piet Mondrian. To David, the simple elegance of the curve, the line, and the circle create the ideal two-dimensional plain of visual interest and appeal. And, to add color intensity, value contrast and balance to this space - along with repetition, texture and pattern - is to create a perfect harmony. It is to this goal that...