24 x 18″ / 61 x 41cm

Oil on canvas with clear quartz and chalcopyrite.

Framed by Artist

Svalbard is an arctic archipelago covered mostly in ice, situated between the North Pole and the north of Norway. My fellow explorers and I boarded The MS Stockholm, a small ship which allowed us much freedom to take in this magical area. Ice, ice and more ice but also lots of walrus who were very curious and comical, quite a number of polar bear whom we were very privileged to see at very close range, seal, reindeer and a great variety of arctic birds. The flora at such high latitudes appeared as though it belonged in a fairy kingdom. It was a place of tangible magic, a place of great healing for the soul.