14th July Glacier & Ivory Gulls, Svalbard

Acrylic on board
24'' x 29''





Once I have finished working on the main glacier, I will concentrate on the foreground sea and small, floating bergs. I'll probably add one, or maybe two Ivory Gulls against the backdrop of the glacier.

Iceberg, Svalbard


Acrylic on board
32'' x 37''







One of many huge floating icebergs encountered during a 2 hour long zodiak cruise in Svalbard (July 2006). I loved its shape as it dominated the skyline, and the red-tinged sky, commonly encountered in the Arctic (and Antarctic) , gives the painting a foreboding feel. My initial idea was to include a fulmar or two, as they were very common everywhere around Svalbard, but I couldn't get them to work in the design, so I may 'cheat' and add one of the albatross species from the southern hemisphere instead.