Triplets

Triplets is a beautiful, original oil painting with a climate change story to tell.

**It is my Featured Painting of The Month for March 2025 and will be offered at special value until the end of the month . For more info please click HERE**.

In this painting, we catch a glimpse into the darkness and security of a polar bear den where a mother bear and her three cubs snuggle. It is rare three cubs are born, and when I was last in Churchill in 2Fall 023, all visitors were on excited lookout for the mama and three cubs spotted in the area.

March is the time of year, the polar bear mother and cubs leave the den for the first time, but in this painting, the bear family have not yet stepped out the into the cold. These little bears are still a little too small to do the arduous journey to the coast. So they happily play in their dark little home.

There is a hidden message in this painting. If hung vertically, the glowing light becomes water-like, symbolizing the bear's vulnerability to our warming planet and sea ice loss. One of the cubs is in the shadows, a sign of the foreboding that may lie in ahead.

More About Triplets

oil on canvas
30" wide x 20" high x 1.5" deep
Edges are painted black.
Wired, ready to hang vertically or horizontally.
Certificate of Authenticity
900 Cad Regularly $1200 CAD valid until March 31st, 2025 11:59 pm EST
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The Fall is a portrait of a polar bear on its solitary journey in the arctic night, unaware that a red maple leaf (Canada’s national symbol) falls before it from above. The fall colour of the maple tree isn’t part of this bear’s autumn landscape, but the frozen sea, so vital for its survival, is. Increased periods of open water from spring to fall, due to climate change, increases the polar bear’s vulnerability.

Painted in wonder and warning,The Fall pays tribute to an iconic Canadian animal, and connects Canadians in the responsibility to protect it, thereby protecting and saving ourselves.

The Fall. An original oil painting ©Christine Montague 2018

Why the Canadian connection? Although one of the world’s most favourite animals, polar bears are only found in Canada, Alaska (USA), Russia and Norway. 60 - 80 % of the world’s population are found in Canada. The Fall has a “sister” painting, the award winning “The Canadian Flower Crown”. Read about it here

I am pleased to announce The Fall has been accepted into ARTWORKS 2018, the OCADU Alumni Show, December 2 -8, 2018. The Great Hall, OCADU. 100 McCaul St., Toronto. More Info and opening reception date & time here