THE GLACIAL RETREAT Abstract Oil Paintings
What is it that has driven me to depict mountain glaciers so devotedly? Is it their existence? Or is it that they are monumental, indestructable products of processes outside of our control? Or the interplay of light and ice that interested me or mesmerizing beauty? I know the glaciers are also fountain of culture. The great poets, prophets, philosphers that have moved the world, have come down the mountains. But it is more....
Since the late 18th century, factories, steam trains, cars and air conditioners pumped more carbon, methane and other greenhouse gases into the atomosphere, driving up temperatures and accelerating ice loss. What is happening now, that all of the glaciers are in retreat. At no point in the 20th century did we see such a ubiquitous retreat of glaciers!
The melting mountain glaciers is the biggest problem we are facing right now. It's happening now in a scale that is far more catastrophic than a recession or pandemic! Now this reason alone has driven me to depict these beauties!
While expressing myself from a range of different perspectives within those parameters, I allow my compositions purposely and in greater depth and detail to communicate the results of my observations and explorations. Through many layers of paint with brushes and palette knife, they evolved by themselves completely from my imagination and observation.
Since the late 18th century, factories, steam trains, cars and air conditioners pumped more carbon, methane and other greenhouse gases into the atomosphere, driving up temperatures and accelerating ice loss. What is happening now, that all of the glaciers are in retreat. At no point in the 20th century did we see such a ubiquitous retreat of glaciers!
The melting mountain glaciers is the biggest problem we are facing right now. It's happening now in a scale that is far more catastrophic than a recession or pandemic! Now this reason alone has driven me to depict these beauties!
While expressing myself from a range of different perspectives within those parameters, I allow my compositions purposely and in greater depth and detail to communicate the results of my observations and explorations. Through many layers of paint with brushes and palette knife, they evolved by themselves completely from my imagination and observation.
Longer days I, Oil on canvas, 30x30x2"
Longer days V, Oil on canvas, 30x30x2"
Longer days VII, Oil on canvas, 40x40x2"
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Longer days II, Oil on canvas, 30x30x2"
Longer days VI, Oil on canvas, 30x30x2"
Longer days VIII, Oil on canvas, 40x40x2"
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Longer days IX, Oil on canvas, 40x40x2"
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Longer days X, Oil on canvas, 40x40x2"
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Longer days XI, Oil on canvas, 40x40x2"