Looking Back Moving Forward - Happy New Year

December 31, 2020 in 24" x 24", sea ice, sunset, Polar Bears, Portrait Paintings, Polar Bear Art, polar bear, oil painting, oil, nature, climate change art, climate change, Canvas (Paintings), Art For Sale

Looking Back, Moving Forward

The painting below has the perfect title - Looking Back, Moving Forward - for New Year's Eve. New Year’s Eve is all about saying goodbye to what has been a heck of a year, and saying hello with great anticipation, to the new one.

Looking Back, Moving Forward tells a story about a polar bear in the spring (the next thing we can look forward to). The arctic night has ended, dramatic sunsets make their reappearance , the sea ice is breaking up, and the polar bear returns to the tundra. As the day draws to an end, the sun’s glory is reflected off the open water, the remaining ice, and the polar bear's translucent fur - sea, ice and polar bear connected by its light, colour and warmth.

In the movies, setting off into the sunset symbolizes a happy ending, but it is also the promise of a new day ahead.

Wishing you all a better new day, and New Year ahead!

Looking Back, Moving Forward is a 24" x 24" x 1.5" oil painting ©Christine Montague . It is available.

Why the Halo? The Inspiration for Dec 17th Polar Bear Art Advent Calendar

December 17, 2020 in Art For Sale, advent calendar, climate change, miniature, nature, sea ice, small painting

Today’s Featured Polar Bear in the Polar Bear Art Advent Calendar

December 17th Special Offer -

Sun Halo Polar Bear 1

Is it a halo or the sun that frames this polar bear’s handsome face? Gold metallic paint, and a stylized purple ice floe connect us to the royalty of this incredible marine mammal and its vulnerability from our warming planet.

The edges of the wood panel are painted in gold acrylic paint. Perfect for standing on a shelf or table.
6” x 4” x 1.5 " wood panel.

Artist signature on the front, unique work completion number on the back. Certificate of Authenticity is supplied.

Reg. $195 CAD, NOW $130 CAD incl. shipping to Canada and the USA. Special offer valid until Dec. 31, 2020.

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Marshmallow. ©Christine Montague Metallic acrylic 4” x 4” x 1.5” wood panel. Please note: Original painting has no text.

Why is a Polar Bear like a Marshmallow? See Dec. 9 Polar Bear Art Advent Calendar

December 09, 2020 in advent calendar, acrylic, Art For Sale, miniature, nature, panel painting, panel, Polar Bears

A marshmallow is a concoction that is both, sweet, solid and soft. I think this perfectly describes a polar bear cub, don’t you? It takes a cold heart to not acknowledge a polar bear cub is pretty darn adorable. Those solid little paws, fluffy, dense fur, bright little coal eyes and nose. Let’s not forget, its intelligence and strength, needed to survive the many challenges ahead.

This little bear is is on a metallic silvery mauve background, keeping the colours cool, and yet warm, re[presenting its youth and innocence, too.

The silvery mauve carries around to the edges edges of this acrylic painting on 4" x 4" x 1.5 " wood panel. The background is textured. The painting is signed by me, comes with a unique work completion number and a Certificate of Authenticity.

Special offer until Dec. 31, 2020

$130 CAD ($100 USD) incl. shipping in North America Reg, $195 CAD ($150 USD)

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