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title: "“Three Laysan Albatrosses”.  First artwork in support of World Albatross Day 2022 comes from Germany’s Lea Finke"
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# “Three Laysan Albatrosses”.  First artwork in support of World Albatross Day 2022 comes from Germany’s Lea Finke

![Lea Finke Graphite drawing Three Laysan Albatrosses Eric Vanderwerf](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/L/Laysan/Lea_Finke_Graphite_drawing_Three_Laysan_Albatrosses_Eric_Vanderwerf.jpg)   
*“Three Laysan Albatrosses”, graphite drawing by Lea Finke, after a photograph by Eric Vanderwerf*

 For the third year in a row, ACAP is collaborating with Artists and Biologists Unite for Nature ([ABUN](https://abun4nature.org/)) to produce artworks in support of World Albatross Day on 19 June.  This year’s theme of “Climate Change” is featuring two albatross species that breed in the North Pacific, the [Black-footed](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-footed-albatross-phoebastria-nigripes) *Phoebastria nigripes* and the [Laysan](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/laysan-albatross-phoebastria-immutabilis) *P. immutabilis*. both considered to be at risk from sea level rise and increases in the number and severity of storms that result in flooding of nests ([click here](https://www.acap.aq/world-albatross-day/wad2022-climate-change)).

 ![Lea Finke](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/People/Lea_Finke.jpg)  
 *Lea Finke, wildlife artist*

 With [ABUN Project #39 “ACAP - World Albatross Day 2022 Climate Change”](https://www.facebook.com/ABUN4Nature) running during this and next month, *ACAP Latest News* is pleased to feature here the very first artwork received, a graphite drawing by wildlife artist, [Lea Finke](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3525-painting-albatrosses-the-extraordinarily-evocative-art-of-lea-finke?highlight=WyJmaW5rZSJd), who resides in Bergkamen, Germany.  Lea has already painted all 21 albatross species for ABUN and ACAP as part of World Albatross Day 2020 with its theme of “[Eradicating Island Pests](https://www.acap.aq/world-albatross-day/wad2020-eradicating-island-pests)”.

 *![Eric Vandewerf Laysan Albatross Midway Apr 2018](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/L/Laysan/Eric_Vandewerf_Laysan_Albatross_Midway_Apr_2018.jpg)  
Laysan Albatrosses, Midway Atoll, April 2018; photograph by Eric Vanderwerf*

 In submitting her graphite drawing of three Laysan Albatrosses, Lea writes: “How nice that we have a new project with ACAP.  That is always a very nice collaboration.  Here comes my first contribution.”  Her drawing is after a photograph by [Eric Vanderwerf](https://pacificrimconservation.org/about-us/staff/), Director of Science of the Hawaii-based environmental NGO, [Pacific Rim Conservation](https://pacificrimconservation.org/).

 Read more about [Lea Finke](https://fineartamerica.com/art/lea+finke) [here](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3525-painting-albatrosses-the-extraordinarily-evocative-art-of-lea-finke?highlight=WyJmaW5rZSJd).

 With thanks to Lea Finke, Kitty Harvill, Marion Schön and Eric Vanderwerf.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 05 January 2022*