alcohol marker, colored pencil; 20×16″
“Humans kill up to 100 million sharks per year, compared to the only 70-100 shark attacks on humans a year with only 4-10 being fatal? In my piece I drew a shark that has been kept alive, finned, and tossed back into the water, now slowly sinking to the bottom to starve. Behind the shark is a graph showing the decrease in shark population numbers because of harmful finning practices. Bold black letters state “Who are the real killers?” Many people see sharks as the killers but in reality, it is the sharks’ blood in the water not humans. I hope that my piece will bring awareness to how common, brutal, and inhumane is the practice of shark finning.”
ARTIST BIO: Anna BROPHY is a grade 11 student at Butler Tech School of Art studying art under art teacher Mary Catherine Ruby.