Once heavily impacted by habitat loss, conflict, and poaching, its continued survival is a fragile conservation success, dependent on the protection of both the species and the remote ecosystems it inhabits.

The gaze becomes the focus, not as observation, but recognition. Calm, steady and unflinching, it carries an intelligence entirely at ease within brutal terrain, as though the harshness of its world is not endured but understood. It does not invite interpretation, nor offer itself freely; instead, there is restraint, and a quiet certainty that it sees more than it reveals. Existing between presence and disappearance, Witness reflects the enduring mystery of a species that remains largely unseen, reminding us that some of the natural world's greatest wonders can never be fully possessed or understood, only encountered.

Each edition is cast in marble from the original clay sculpture and individually hand finished.