Glacier Tag

6" × 16", oil on linen (2008) Coronation Glacier, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project At three kilometres wide, Coronation Glacier is a majestic display of icy peaks and crags in Baffin Island’s Auyuittuq National Park....

13" × 15", oil on linen (2010) Henrietta Nesmith Glacier, Quttinirpaaq National Park, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project Lake Hazen is a thermal oasis in a polar desert that receives less than 2½ centimetres of rain per year. The...

11" × 16", oil on linen (2010) Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project An oasis in a land of rock and ice, this little pool of water was a pleasant find while exploring in Auyuittuq National...

9" × 16”, oil on linen (2019) Turner Glacier, Akshayuk Pass, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project With bellies full of oatmeal, we hiked across the immense moraine until reaching the highway of ancient ice. There,...

58" × 108", oil on linen (2008) Thor Peak, Akshayuk Pass, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project The Inuit, who have been travelling the Akshayuk Pass for generations, call this place Qaiqsualuk, meaning “enormous bedrock.”...

66" × 180", oil on linen (2017) Coronation Glacier, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada At three kilometres wide, Coronation Glacier is a majestic display of icy peaks and crags in Baffin Island’s Auyuittuq National Park. Billy Arnaquq’s freighter cruised down...

30" × 96", oil on linen (2014) Henrietta Nesmith Glacier, Quttinirpaaq National Park, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada Five days into my trip on Ellesmere Island and I had yet to start a painting.Camping near the top of the world in Quttinirpaaq National...

14" × 30", oil on linen (2013) Walker Arm, North of Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project We had pressed on for another two and a half hours by boat, deep into Walker Arm. There, in the heart of...

9.5" × 16", oil on linen (2010) Coronation Fiord, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project Coronation Glacier is an impressive sight to behold when viewed in its entirety. I tried to capture that perspective in my...

8" × 16", oil on linen (2012) Akshayuk Pass, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut, CanadaFrom the INTO THE ARCTIC Project During a month-long painting expedition to Baffin Island, I came across this cabin-sized boulder. Flanking each side of it were dramatic...