The Polar Bear King Looks Back

You can view in person & make The Polar Bear King Looks Back yours at the ALL GUILDS SHOW ,Art Gallery of Burlington, August 23 - September 7 , 2025. You’ll support the arts, too, with a portion of all sales going to the AGB.

The Polar Bear King Looks Back is part of my Polar Bear King Series, a series of black,white and metallic gold acrylic paintings that show a polar bear face against a stylized, simplified sun.  

There is always a story to my Polar Bear King paintings.  The imagined emotion on the bear’s face, the placement of the bear in relation to the sun, and the artwork’s title all contribute to that story. 

In this painting, the polar bear looks back over his shoulder, his mouth slightly agape. He might simply have heard a noise behind him, a seal, or another bear. But maybe it is something bigger that he senses? The sun lies ahead in his future. Does he look startled? 

This is an acrylic painting on canvas, but can also be considered a mixed media artwork as there is graphite drawing, too. Metallic gold paint plays a large part as it symbolizes the  richness of nature, the Arctic royalty of the apex predator bear. It also symbolizes climate change and our warming planet.

This is a mixed media  (acrylic & graphite) painting on a 6" h x 12” w x .75" deep canvas. The edges are painted gold. It is wired and ready to hang. I supply a Certificate of Authenticity. 

How to purchase the original painting -

(For a print, please click here)

This acrylic and graphite painting is on exhibit until & may be purchased at -

All Guilds Show/ 25

August 23 - September 7, 2025

Lee Chin Gallery at the Art Gallery of Burlington

1333 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington, Ontario, Canada

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Please feel free to ask me any questions about this painting or on how to purchase. Contact me

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