ACAP’s infographic illustrator Namo Niumim donates an original albatross painting to raise funds for the Mouse-Free Marion Project

“Sun Setting on Marion Island”, gouache and coloured pencils, by Namo Niumim

Namasri ‘Namo’ Niumim, who resides in Bangkok, Thailand, is the illustrator for the ACAP Species Infographics series.  The series, produced in English, French and Spanish (with some also in Portuguese), is now over halfway through with 17 produced out of 31 ACAP-listed species.  The infographic for the Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli is nearing completion.  .ACAP Species Infographics are freely downloadable from the ACAP website at a resolution suitable for printing and framing for educational purposes or personal use.

Namo, who works in gouache, is a graduate of the School of Architecture and Design, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Design.

Namasri ‘Namo’ Niumim

At the request of ACAP’s Emeritus Information Officer, Namo has produced and donated an original artwork for an auction to raise funds for the Mouse-Free Marion Project.  The project aims to eradicate the island’s introduced House Mice that have taken to attacking and killing breeding seabirds and their chicks, including the Vulnerable Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans.  The auction will take place aboard the cruise ship MSC Musica at the end of the month.  The ship will sail to the waters of the Prince Edward Islands with 1850 birdwatchers aboard on a voyage entitled Flock to Marion AGAIN! 2025.  Namo writes “My donated artwork shows a couple of Endangered Grey-headed Albatrosses Thalassarche chrysostoma sitting calmly while the sun is setting behind them.”

The ACAP Species Infographic for the Wandering Albatross was co-published by ACAP and the Mouse-Free Marion Project

The next ACAP Species Infographic to be illustrated by Namo will be for the Southern Giant Petrel M. giganteus, completing the series for all the eight ACAP-listed species that breed on Marion Island.

 Namo produced this poster of the four albatrosses that breed on the island for the Mouse-Free Marion Project, using artwork from her ACAP infographics.  You can download your own free copy from the MFM Project website (read more about it here).

John Cooper, Emeritus Information Officer, Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, 14 January 2025