Ice Paintings: WAIS (Western Antarctic Ice Sheet) Series

Ice Painting Series: Created using ice from the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), sediment from the Antarctic Dry Valleys, acrylic paint, and gesso on paper, 12" x 9", 2007.


ninnus



coman



shirase



hawkes



leverett



matusevich



mellor



slessor



takahe



totten



wade



wideroe



These works on paper were created by Cortada using samples given to him by scientists onsite during his 2006-2007 National Science Foundation Antarctic Artist and Writers fellowship in Antarctica. Each piece in the series was titled after randomly selected names of glaciers and mountains on the continent that inspired their creation.

For more information, please visit www.cortada.com/antarctica.