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The Polar Bear King Looks Back Artwork

Christine Montague

Canada

Mixed Media, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 12 W x 6 H x 0.7 D in

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The Polar Bear King Looks Back is a new artwork in 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 piece as there is graphite drawing, too. Metallic gold paint plays a large part as it symbolizes the richness of nature, the 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 signed on the front. It is wired and ready to hang. A Certificate of Authenticity is supplied.

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Mixed Media:

Acrylic on Canvas

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One-of-a-kind Artwork

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12 W x 6 H x 0.7 D in

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Christine Montague is an award-winning realism painter known for beautiful, emotional, & sometimes haunting polar bear oil paintings. Through her polar bear portraiture she creates a connection to the wonder of the bears, nature, and climate change. July 2023, is "Polar Bear Wonder & Warning" a solo exhibit of polar bear portraits, Christine accepts commissions. She is based in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. When polar bears were listed on the Species At Risk Act, Montague began her passionate journey of painting polar bears. She uses her portraiture and realism oil painting skills, to document and celebrate the polar bear's character and spirit, its high intelligence (think great ape), and its survival in a world of vanishing sea ice. Through her travels to the Canadian arctic (Iqaluit & Cape Dorset, Nunavut) and subarctic (Churchill,Manitoba, Canada - polar bear capital of the world), Montague has furthered her knowledge on polar bears and climate change. In September 2017, "Dark Water 1", a painting of a polar bear in an unfrozen sea, took top award at the Canada wide Canadian National Exhibition Juried Show. “Dark Water”, Montague’s solo show of polar bears and climate change was exhibited at Toronto's Artworld Fine Art Gallery March - April 2018. "on thin ice" is the name of Montague's solo show (Jan. 2 - March 1, 2020) at the Montgomery's Inn Museum, in Toronto, Ontario. In 2023, her 3rd polar bear solo show "Polar Bear Wonder and Warning" took place at the Fireside Gallery at Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, ON. Montague’s painting’s have been in over 80 art shows, and are award winning. Her work can be found in collections in Canada, U.S.A., the Netherlands, Denmark, Great Britain, New Zealand, and Australia.

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