Ice Paintings: Antarctic Sea Ice (ASI) Series

Images of Ice Painting created by Miami artist Xavier Cortada in McMurdo Station, Antarctica using: Antarctic Sea Ice, sediment from the Antarctic Dry Valleys, acrylic paint, and gesso on paper, 12" x 9", 2007.


astrid



amundsen



balleny



bellingshausen



norvegia



porpoise



prydz



weddell



wilkins



wrigley



vincennes



ross



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 coasts, bays and seas surrounding continent that inspired their creation.

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

These pieces will be available for purchase at the exhibit opening Saturday, March 10th at the Kunsthaus Contemporary Art Space, Wynwood Art District, 3312 N. Miami Avenue, Miami, FL. The solo exhibit runs through May 5th.

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.

Ice Paintings

Miami artist Xavier Cortada created ice paintings in McMurdo Station, Antarctica using: Antarctic Sea Ice (ASI) or ice from the Western Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), sediment from the Antarctic Dry Valleys, acrylic paint, and gesso on paper, 12" x 9", 2007.

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, mountains, coasts, bays and seas of the continent that inspired their creation.

To see ice paintings please see images above.

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