This painting, "Iniko,” was inspired by the courageous baby condor whose name means “born in troubled times” in

the Nigerian language. It looks forward to a time of healing, not only for the endangered California condor, but for

all beings and the planet. By 1982, California condors were nearly extinct with only 23 left in the wild. In 1987, the

remaining wild condors were captured and put into a captive breeding program. Iniko is descended from those

condors.