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As with most of my art, this painting is inspired by the magnificent polar bear and its vulnerability to climate change. The bear stands strong against the night sky, but the world is cracking around him. I use gold to represent the value of nature and the polar bear - what a treasure he is. But both are threatened by our warming planet - represented by the cracking environment around him. I've created this formal little silhouette portrait and entitled it "Antique Bear" in fun tribute. As if it were a classical little museum piece (although our polar bear seems to be smiling at this).But, "antique" stands for so many descriptive words that we certainly don't want used in reference to our polar bear. - especially of "long ago", "antiquity", or "relic". Although I usually paint in oils, I enjoy working with the mediums available in acrylic paints. This polar bear painting uses gold metallic acrylic paint, crackling medium, and varnish. I love creating the crackling medium as its results so perfecty represent the vulnerability of the polar bear and the environment in which it lives.
Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:6 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:11.25 W x 17.25 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:White
Ready to Hang:Yes
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Christine Montague is an award-winning realism painter known for beautiful, emotional, & sometimes haunting polar bear oil paintings. Through her polar bear portraiture she creates a connection to the wonder of the bears, nature, and climate change. July 2023, is "Polar Bear Wonder & Warning" a solo exhibit of polar bear portraits, Christine accepts commissions. She is based in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. When polar bears were listed on the Species At Risk Act, Montague began her passionate journey of painting polar bears. She uses her portraiture and realism oil painting skills, to document and celebrate the polar bear's character and spirit, its high intelligence (think great ape), and its survival in a world of vanishing sea ice. Through her travels to the Canadian arctic (Iqaluit & Cape Dorset, Nunavut) and subarctic (Churchill,Manitoba, Canada - polar bear capital of the world), Montague has furthered her knowledge on polar bears and climate change. In September 2017, "Dark Water 1", a painting of a polar bear in an unfrozen sea, took top award at the Canada wide Canadian National Exhibition Juried Show. “Dark Water”, Montague’s solo show of polar bears and climate change was exhibited at Toronto's Artworld Fine Art Gallery March - April 2018. "on thin ice" is the name of Montague's solo show (Jan. 2 - March 1, 2020) at the Montgomery's Inn Museum, in Toronto, Ontario. In 2023, her 3rd polar bear solo show "Polar Bear Wonder and Warning" took place at the Fireside Gallery at Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, ON. Montague’s painting’s have been in over 80 art shows, and are award winning. Her work can be found in collections in Canada, U.S.A., the Netherlands, Denmark, Great Britain, New Zealand, and Australia.
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