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A beautiful polar bear swims toward the light. Is it the sea or the sky in which it travels? Does the swirl of light connect it to its earthly roots, or does it mark the bear's passage to live amongst the stars and northern lights..
As with all my polar bear paintings , I am inspired by the beauty and intelligence of the polar bear and the wonder of nature it represents. The polar bear is vulnerable due to climate change. So, in this painting, there is a certain mood of longing, imploring the bear not to leave us behind.
42” x 26” x 1.5” Oil painting on canvas
Family, good mothers, polar bears. inspire this relaxed image of a polar bear mother with her two cubs. These cubs comfortably hang out with their mom, climbing on her a safe adventure that also contributes to their development and stamina.
I am certain there are some human moms out there, that can relate.
18” x 14” x 1.5” Acrylic painting on canvas
The edges of this canvas are painted black.
Private Collection.
The beautiful arctic wolf inspired this original oil painting. The round canvas and black frame is meant to give the illusion of looking through a portal or scope. Arctic wolves are comfortable living in the months of arctic darkness and frigid weather. In this painting, the dancing northern lights guide its travels.
Polar bears, my usual subject matter, are about the only animal this beautiful white wolf has to be wary of.
This painting is round, and comes in a round black frame, wired and ready for hanging. However it can sit on a small table easel as well. It is signed by the artist & has a unique work completion number .
6” wide diameter canvas + frame
Reverence 2 is a beautiful original oil painting of a polar bear atop an ice floe. The dance of the northern lights highlights this wonderful bear. The northern lights aren’t really these colours but I have used my artistic license to emphasis the powerful emotion of witnessing the aurora and a polar bear hold! I had some fun using a red background to create against and I left the edges red. The red that peaks through the painting and on the edges symbolizes how we are connected to this bear through lifeline and love.
The painting is pretty, but the polar bear is on a small ice flow surrounded by dark water. We are to remember that it is the frozen sea this bear needs to survive.
12” x 12” x 1.5” oil painting on canvas.
Edges are red, The painting is wired and ready to hang.
18” x 24” oil portrait from a. photo on canvas
Commission. 6” x 6” x .75” oil painting portrait from a photograph
Looking Back, Moving Forward is is an oil painting in the Into the Sunset Series. The theme is of mindful reflection, wonder and hope.
A beautiful polar bear is portrayed against the setting sun, and the sea. It is spring. The darkness of the winter is retreating, as is the sea ice, so important for the polar bear's survival.
As the sun sets, its glory is reflected in what remains of the sea ice and off the polar bear's translucent fur. We can reflect, too. What will we lose under the threat of climate change? A setting sun offers hope with a new day ahead, but "into the sunset" can also signify the end.
This is a 24” x 24” x 1.5” oil painting on canvas. The painting continues around the edges.
This painting is sold and in a private collection.
Reverence 1 is a beautiful original oil painting of a polar bear atop an ice floe. The dance of the northern lights highlights this wonderful bear. The northern lights aren’t really these colours but I have used my artistic license to emphasis the powerful emotion of witnessing the aurora and a polar bear hold! I had some fun using a red background to create against and I left the edges red. The red that peaks through the painting and on the edges symbolizes how we are connected to this bear through lifeline and love.
The painting is pretty, but the polar bear is on a small ice flow surrounded by dark water. We are to remember that it is the frozen sea this bear needs to survive.
12” x 12” x 1.5” oil painting on canvas.
Edges are red, The painting is wired and ready to hang.
Private collection.
In Reverence 3 , a polar bear, revelling in its freedom and wildness, roars at the northern lights. They respond by gaily dancing around him. These northern lights are stylized and simplified as I have used my artistic license to emphasis the powerful emotion that arises from experiencing the north, the aurora and , last but not least, the polar bear.
Usually my polar bear paintings portraits are larger, and of dark water, and limited palette. With this new series of square foot paintings, I am having fun painting on red backgrounds and keeping the edges (sides) RED. The red that peaks through the painting and on the edges symbolizes how we are connected to this bear through lifeline and love.
Although I have strived for beauty in this scene, the small amount of ice present reminds us of the bear's vulnerability to climate change. It is the frozen sea that the polar bear needs to survive and the lights offers hope that good hunting on the frozen sea lies on the horizon.
Private collection.
The tundra buggy is about the only man made element observed out on the protected tundra. The oversized wheel and worn wood sides offer a graphic element to the sub arctic landscape and create a frame from which the curious polar bear enters.
By the way, the polar bear is not bothered at all by the presence of this vehicle. There is limited access out on the highly protected tundra, occupants cannot leave the vehicle, and we odd humans are an interesting diversion on the polar bear travels to the Hudson Bay coast.
This was my very first use of the palette knife. I like the bear, was curious. It seems this one tool can both create texture and ultra smooth surface- two opposites just like the subject matter of the manmade graphic vehicle and the living more organic shaped polar bear.
24” x 18” x 1.5” palette knife painting
Private collection.
16” x 20” x 1.5” oil painting portrait from a photo
4” x4 “ acrylic painting on wood panel. Private collection.
A flower crown of spring flowers found in the south has been placed on this beautiful, intelligent polar bear's head in tribute. Private collection.
The edges of this polar bear oil painting on panel have been painted black. It is wired , ready for hanging.
8” x 8” x 1.5” wood panel
In this original oil painting, A polar bear's solitary journey is spotlit - as if flash frozen- in the stunning green light of the aurora borealis. The conditions are perfect for our polar bear , the sea is frozen, so necessary for its success to travel, mate and hunt. I use a powerful green to help you imagine the magic of the northern lights. The edges of this painting are black. Private Collection.
24” x 18” x 1.5”
20” x 16” Acrylic Painting on canvas of a a polar against the dancing northern lights
New Golder Bear Series painting. I use gold to represent the royalty of the polar bear and the treasure both it and nature are.
The sun shape is halo like behind this cheeky bear face.
The white represents the all important sea ice so necessary for the polar bear’s survival, and for us, too. We want those sun rays reflecting off our polar ice caps.
8” x 8” x 1.5 “ graphite and metallic gold acrylic paint on canvas. Edges are painted gold. Wired and ready to hang.
Private collection
Big Bear Walking is a whimsical oil painting about crossing paths with a polar bear. 40” x 30” oil painting on canvas.
Private Collection
Family, love, togetherness are represented by this pink, gold and rose gold acrylic paint on wood panel. The polar bear is an intelligent, good mother. Polar bear cubs climb all over the mama bear just as our human little ones do. Her cubs stay with her for about 30 months. In my art gold paint represents the royalty and intelligence of the polar bears, and the richness of nature. Crackled white paint adds to the illusion of fur in the painting, but the "cracks" also symbolize the vulnerability of this polar bear family due to climate change. A stylized gold ribbon behind them represents the northern lights, as well as our connection to the bears.The sides of the wood panel are painted gold. The painting is wired and ready for hanging.
30” x 15” wood panel.
Private Collection.
The handsome, intelligent bear in this painting stands, paws together. It is as if he is listening patiently to who is before him & considering what is said. If it is we humans that stand before him…maybe we should be ready to run!
Additional info: The halo-like gold sun symbolizes the polar bear’s powerful and royal position as top predator in the arctic. The gold metallic paint represents the wealth we have in the nature around us and the treasure the polar bear is.
Edges are also attractively painted in gold. Wired & ready to hang.
10” x 8” x 1.5” wood panel. Metallic acrylic paint, acrylic paint, graphite. Varnished. Certificate of Authenticity.
Private collection.
"Dark Water 2" is a 12' x 12" oil painting on canvas of a young bear - a cub of about two years old and possibly still with his mother - swimming beneath the ocean surface. He looks back as if searching. Is his mother and sibling near by? The light of the northern lights dances across his thick white fur, the light and dark strikes symbolizing hope or the lack of it. What will his future hold?The oil paintings of Dark Water depict a solitary polar bear at night in the arctic fall. The bear swims in a still dark sea, a dramatic dark backdrop for its dense white fur and highly intelligent face. The polar bear is the only bear that is a marine mammal. The bear’s size and strength combine with its slightly webbed front paws and highly insulated and buoyant body to make it a powerful swimmer. The polar bear in each of these paintings is fully at home, whether shown above or below the water’s surface.
Private Collection.
Thank you to the collector who purchased this polar bear art work at the Dundas Valley School of Art 52nd Art Auction in support of fine arts programming!
About In the Pink. Spring has arrived in the north. The sea ice, so vital to the polar bear's survival is receding. For now, this bear, that looks looks healthy and beautiful in the rosy reflections of the setting sun, is "in the pink" both literally and figuratively. The pinks and corals in this painting are attractive, as well as calming. The painting carries around the edges of the canvas. The canvas is signed, has a unique work completion number. A Certificate of Authenticity is included.
24” x 24” x 1.5” oil painting on canvas. Painting carries around to the edges.
Private Collection.
Wise Eyes for Troubled Times was sold at the Dundas Valley School of Art 52nd Annual Art Auction, in support of this fabulous school.
Inspired by the beautiful, intelligent polar bear that enjoys the solitude, wonder and beauty of its arctic night journey. The bear in this painting gives us a “look”. We know what we have to do, that inner strength, that fortitude, it’s there. Although a small painting, it offers a treasured moment of mindful escape to the viewer.The painting is signed by the artist, is attractively framed in a black, and is wired, ready to hang.
6” diameter round canvas. Black round frame.
Private Collection
Sold Dundas Valley School of Art 51st Annual Art Auction. April 4 - 9, 2022. Proceeds directly benefit the local artistic community and fund the DVSA’s high quality visual arts education programs.
More about this painting : A beautiful polar bear gazes up at the arctic night sky, the stars reflect in his bright, intelligent eyes. The polar bear with its beauty, intelligence and vulnerability to climate change, is symbolic to the wonder and worry about nature, solitude without loneliness, escape and mindfulness expressed in my art. The canvas is 6" in diameter. Black wooden round frame. Wired, ready to hang.
Private Collection.
SOLD 6” round canvas. Black wood round frame.
Sold. 4” x 6” metallic acrylic ink on wood panel
This painting has been donated To the Waddington Auction 2022 for the Ukraine. I am very grateful that it went for over asking. All funds to help the Ukraine - total funds go to the Ukraine. Auction prices waived.
A polar bear emerges out of the deep blue sea, a beacon of light in the dark polar night. Inspired by the beauty and intelligence of polar bears and the threat vanishing sea ice brings to them.
12” x 12” x .75” oil painting on canvas.
Private Collection.
This polar bear oil painting portrait shows a bright eyed polar bear against a stylized arctic night sky of swirling northern lights (aurora borealis) and stars. I created this in one long continuous painting session. I was thinking of the movement in Vincent Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” as I did so, and I had also decided on the title “Sky Spirit”. It wasn't until I put down my brush for the day, that I noticed the stylized "s" of the northern lights. This polar bear oil painting is another in my series "Polar Bear Dreams" Series, paintings that pay tribute to these mighty arctic mammals whose future is "of concern".Edges are painted. Wired and ready for hanging. Certificate of Authenticity provided.
24” x 18” x 1.5”
(private collection)
A beautiful little polar bear cub poses with his paws together as if in prayer.
A polar bear cub lives innocently in the moment, vying for the attention of its mother, and rough-housing with its sibling But it would be easy to imagine what a cub would pray for if it knew better. Like for many of us, this little bear would enjoy a long, healthy life, with enough food to eat, security to travel, and a family to love.In this acrylic painting on wood panel, I use gold paint to symbolize the beauty and richness of the nature found on our planet, the royalty of the polar bear, and the double edged sword of the sun rays. I often use a "crackling method" as seen in this artwork, to symbolize the vulnerability of the polar bear. The edges of this polar bear cub painting are gold acrylic. It is signed, comes with a unique work completion number, and a Certificate of Authenticity. It is wired and ready to hang.
Metallic paint on 12” X 12” X 1.5” wood panel
Private collection
6” x 4” x 1.5” acrylic painting on wood panel. Private collection.
A polar bear cub swims in the arctic waters, the infinite beauty of the northern lights guiding him on the journey ahead. This cub is an older one, nearing the time it will continue on its away in solitude.In my paintings the polar bears symbol and guide to mindful solitude, the beauty and wonder of nature, and the vulnerability we all face as a result of climate change. Private Collection.
Oil painting. 12” x 12” x .75” canvas
Please contact me about my other art work, or if you are interested in a custom artwork in this style.
Colour portrait painting created from a black and white photograph. Private collection.
A polar bear swims in the indigo blue of the night sky. The Northern Lights (aurora borealis) and stars shimmer in the background.
This is a spiritual tribute to this great marine mammal that is on the "of concern" list in Canada.
48” x36” x.75” oil painting.
Private collection.
6” x 4” x 1.5” acrylic painting on wood panel
Private collection.
6” x 4” x 1.5” acrylic painting on wood panel
Private Collection.
The northern lights morph into wings, lifting the beautiful polar bear skyward to the stars. Some Inuit believe the northern lights are the spirit of animals who have passed. This bear seems very solid, very real. This original oil painting is on wood panel. Unframed. It can be propped on a shelf or table easel. It will need to be framed to hang on a wall.
This painting is sold. 12” x 12” oil painting. Private collection
Polar bear acrylic painting on wood panel. 8"h x 10"w. Private collection.
Commissioned portrait. Private collection.
Commission oil painting. Private collection.
This is a commissioned portrait of a polar bear & is in a private collection. Commissions are welcome. Please feel free to contact me here.
Always a star of this planet’s show, a polar bear (who sees you, by the way) swims in the northern night amidst the stars reflected in the water. 24" high x 60" wide x 1.5” deep. (private collection)
Fox painting. 4” x4” metallic gold acrylic. Private collection.
Little oil painting portrait of one big, solid, powerful dude of a polar bear. The portrait may be little, but there’s no doubt, this bear isn't. 6” x 6" x 1.5” wood panel. Edges are painted black. Private collection.
12’ x 12’ Private collection
4” x 4” wood panel . Sold. private collection.
30” x 30” polar bear cub oil painting
Canoe painting. 48” x 48” oil painting. Custom artwork inspired by one of my 8” x 8” canoe paintings. Private Collection.
Malamute husky puppy. 4” x4” acrylic painting . Private collection.
SOLD! This polar bear is "Akkilokipok", soft snow in Inuktitut. In this polar bear oil painting the beautiful appears soft and white. But watch out, a fierce storm can appear without a warning in this bear
Recipient of Jurors' Award (top award). Dark Water 1, (oil, 30" x 30") Artworld TWAC Juried Show. CNE Arts & Crafts Bldg. Toronto, ON. Private collection.
Private collection. 30" x 30" oil painting.
30" x 30" Private collection.
Canoe Painting. Sold. 24” x48” oil painting.
Main Coon Cat portrait 48” x 48” . Sold.
Pet Commission. 24” x 24” oil painting. Private collection.
Pet commission. Private collection. 24” x 24” oil painting.
Sold. Polar bear oil painting is a 20" x 12" oil painting on canvas. Polar bear travels in contended solitude in the night. Contact me
Award - winning. This Changes Everything Juried Show. Headwaters Arts Juried Show . Alton Mill.
Private collection. 12"x 6" oil painting of a polar bear cub underwater.
12" x 12" oil painting. (private collection).
Sold.
Polar Bear oil painting. Private collection.
Polar bear painting. Gold metallic acrylic painting on wood panel. 10" h x 8 " Private collection.
The threat to the mighty polar bear due to vanishing sea ice is the inspiration behind this 6"h x 12"x 1.5" graphite & acrylic painting on wood panel. (private collection).
This is a 4” x4” polar bear paintings on wood panel.
A polar bear rises from the tundra, spot lit by the northern lights. A flower crown adores its head in tribute & celebration. The solidity of the gold paint & mica testament to the richness of nature. 12” x 12”x 1.5” acrylic painting on wood panel. This is part of the Golder Bear/ Polar Bear Series. Sides are painted black. (Private collection)
This painting has the honour of having been exhibited in the Ontario Legislative Building, Queen's Park, Toronto, Canada.
It is a 6" x 12" polar bear oil painting. Aurora is the name of the polar bear in this polar bear portrait oil painting. Some Inuit communities believe that the aurora borealis are animal spirits, but this Aurora has her polar bear paws firmly planted on the ground.
Fresh off the easel and available is Anana, a 6″ x 12″ polar bear portrait. Polar animal oil painting on canvas of a beautiful polar bear. And that is what “Anana” means, beautiful in Inuktitut, the language of the Inuit in Nunavut, Canada’s arctic (In a private collection).
Polar bear portrait oil painting (6" x 12"). Through searching online, I discovered Silatuyok is the Inuit word for cute, intelligent, and shrewd. & so the perfect title for this polar bear art. But as adorable as the big polar bear may seem, I have given a nod to his real nature – an intelligent, playful, but deadly predator – by making sure his giant claws on those polar bear paws are clear. I love painting those big paws with the claws, almost as much painting as those thickly insulated polar bear ears, and the polar bear's coal - black nose. Private collection.
(private collection) Polar bear oil painting, Mauja is a 6″ x 12″ oil painting of a polar bear taking it easy in the snow. Mauja is Inuktitut ( Nunavut's Inuit language) for soft snow. Cerificate of Authenticity. Unframed. Painting carries around edge. Wired and ready for hanging.
Adorable polar bear cub peeks around corner of canvas. 20” x 20” x 1.5 acrylic painting on canvas. Private collection.
Polar bear oil painting study. On the wings of the northern lights. Private collection.
12" x 12" beautiful polar bear art by Christine Montague . There are three studies in this polar bear paintings series. The human sweetness we project on the polar bear, when their tummies are full and they are playing in their goofy ways, is evident in this bear portrait painting. A painterly, realism portrait created as if he sat before me at the easel in my artist studio, just as if he was one of my more human portrait subjects. Certificate of Authentication. Unframed. Sides painted (private collection).
Polar bear portrait (head) painting 12" x 16" x 1.5” oil on canvas The green light of the northern lights reflect off this handsome bear's fur as he roams in solitude in the night. (Sold. Private collection)
Polar bear painting. Polar bear portrait in the northern lights. 12"h x 16"w x 1.5 "d oil painting on canvas. Polar bear portrait of bear looking to his future. With only a wealth of survival experience and the northern lights to guide his way. (private collection).
12” x 16” x 1.5” Private collection.
Dramatic polar bear oil painting 12" x 12" x .5" He sees you, as he passes on his solitary journey through the night, it's just that he is not going to do something about it...this time. (private collection).
Northern Lights spotlight a beautiful polar bear looking skyward. 12" x 12" Oil on canvas. (private collection).
8" x 8' oil painting of polar bear portrait. What does this polar bear see? Private collection.
Polar bear acrylic and metallic acrylic original painting. 4" x 4" x 1.5" acrylic painting on wood panel. Sides painted in metallic gold acrylic.
Sold. Polar Bear metallic acrylic painting on 4" x 4" wood panel.
Sold. Polar Bear metallic acrylic painting on wood panel. 4" x 4"
4" x 4" metallic acrylic painting on wood panel.
4" x 4" metallic gold acrylic painting on panel.
4" x 4" metallic acrylic painting on wood panel.
4" x 4" metallic acrylic painting on wood panel.
4" x 4" metallic acrylic painting on wood panel.
Polar bear portrait. 4" x 4" oil painting on wood panel.
This is a 4" x 4" x 2" oil painting on wood panel portrait study of a little blue polar bear cub.
Polar Bear Oil Painting 4" x 4" x 2 inch wood panel. Edges are natural finish wood.
This is a playful 4" x 4" x 2" oil painting on wood panel portrait study of a polar bear cub.
4" x 4" oil painting on wood panel. )Private collection_
This is a contemporary 4" x 4" x 2" oil painting on wood panel portrait study of a polar bear cub.
This is a contemporary, playful 4" x 4" x 2" oil painting on wood panel portrait study of an equally playful polar bear cub.
This playful study of a polar bear cub is a a 4" x 4" x 2" oil painting on wood panel.
Stylized Polar Bear oil painting portrait. He's a hip looking bear. 6" x 6" x .75" Edges painted. Wired and Ready for hanging. Certificate of Authenticity supplied.
A large, deceptively cuddly and cute, polar bear stands in the glow of the northern lights. 7" h x 5" w x .75" canvas. Unframed. Edges white. (Private collection)
Please note: this painting is sold. Contact me here, about this polar bear cub painting. 12" h x 4" w x 1.5 inch deep.
Sold. The universe opens up to reveal the northern lights and stars, the polar bear, up high among them...and to some of us the biggest star of the arctic stars. 12" h x 4" w x 1,5" deep oil painting on canvas. Wired ready for hanging. Signed. Certificate of Authenticity supplied by artist.
Hangry bear. Hungry. Angry. We all know that feeling. 4" x 4" oil painting on wood panel. Private collection
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