Two paintings for Antler Gallery’s BRINK, an annual group show depicting endangered & extinct species with a portion of sales donated to The Audubon Society of Portland. Guardian of the Bayou: The ivory-billed woodpecker is native to the Southeastern United States and its conservation status has fluctuated between extinct and critically endangered for nearly 100 years, as deforestation has made its habitat of old growth forests and undisturbed wetlands virtually nonexistent. Scientists and enthusiasts have been attempting to find the ivory bill for many years and its survival is the subject of fierce debate, but since the last confirmed sighting was in 2005, most ornithologists believe it to be extinct.