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News and blog posts about recent works, workshops, events, presentations, expeditions and exhibitions by Canadian artist David McEown.

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Painting in Antarctica

David McEown

 Early in the season we saw incredible sunsets and unusual amounts of ice in the channels. Recent paintings are now posted on the website and many new studio works are in the concept stage. Having so much amazing reference and ideas is a wonderful problem to have!

Iceberg n.10
Iceberg n.10

In the Antarctic spring it is exciting to witness the energy of creatures breaking trails in the fresh snow returning to nest or  to feed below the surface. They seem so at home among the  hidden turquoise ice caves, following the ancient rhythms and echoes of the ocean. Often it seems the weather etches the shapes of mythical beings on the icebergs. Every block of ice has such a story to tell as it  contains  the  layers of the past as well is being  worn by the  warming currents of today.

Iceberg n.11
Iceberg n.11
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categories Antarctica, Art Workshops, Elephant Island, en plein air, Landscape painting, Peninsula, watercolor, Watercolour
tags Antarctica, en plein air, Frank Wild, Icebergs, Paintings, Watercolor

North East Passage, Russian Arctic

David McEown

Belkosvsky Island - New Siberian Islands

On this very rare trip with Quark Expeditions we traveled from Anadyr, on Russia's Asian shore to Murmansk, near the Finnish border.  Along the Northeast Passage we explored the Chukotka Peninsula, Wrangel Island, the New Siberian Islands, Severnaya Zemlya , Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land.  This 26 day passage would have been very tough without the icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov and its skilled team to navigate through a very heavy ice year. More paintings can be seen on the NEP web page. 

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categories Arctic, extreme painting, en plein air, Landscape painting, Northern Landscapes, watercolor, Watercolour, North East passage, Russian Arctic
tags north east passage, Arctic, reindeer hearders, ayon island, Paintings, watercolour, Russian arctic

Svalbard Journey by Sailboat

David McEown

Arctica , a 15 meter steel hull sailing boat customized for arctic conditions, was home and studio for 5 of us who chartered the vessel along with a skipper for 3 weeks.  This vessel, along with towing 2 zodiacs, gave us the flexibility and intimacy to explore the wonderful fjords and wildlife of a group of high arctic islands north of Norway called Svalbard.  Despite a very heavy ice year we managed to circumnavigate Spitzbergen, Svalbard's largest island, as well as explore many other islands.  Painting on location - either from the deck or on landings - was done around the clock , often in the glow of the midnight sun.

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categories Arctic, en plein air, Landscape painting, Northern Landscapes, watercolor, Watercolour, extreme painting
tags svalbard, spitsbergen, Arctic, Paintings, sailboat

Northwest Passage, Canadian Arctic, Nunavut, High arctic

David McEown

The icebreaker looks like a toy in the cast landscape of Tanquary Fiord, Ellesmere island.

The following watercolours were painted on location during a 7 week arctic odyssey aboard an icebreaker while working as artist in residence for Quark Expeditions.   The Kapitan Khlebnikov successfully completed this transit of the Northwest passage, from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean through Fury & Hecla Strait, between 19th July & 9th of August 2006 (including 7 days beset by ice in the Arctic Ocean).  We then explored the spectacular coastlines and wonderful artistic communities of Baffin Island.  On August 16 from Resolute, our adventure continued north through the remote fiords of Canada's High Arctic to our destination at Ellesmere National Park.  We thus returned to Resolute empowered yet humbled by the sublime and stark vastness of this place. More works from these polar trip can be viewed on the Arctic project page. 

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categories Arctic, Baffin island, Devon island, en plein air, extreme painting, Landscape painting, Northern Landscapes, Nunavut
tags Arctic, Ellesmere island, Tanquary Fiord, Quark Expeditions, north west passage, Paintings, extreme Painting, polar artist, arctic paintings

Welcome to the Art and Journeys blog of David McEown

David McEown

Painting the emperor chicks
Painting the emperor chicks

It has been wonderful to show paintings and adventures on the world wide web. This blog hopes to complement my website and  continue the journey through paintings, muti-media presentations and hopefully some shared thoughts! A work of art is not complete until it is shared.

Antarctic Shoreline
Antarctic Shoreline
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categories Antarctica, Art Workshops, en plein air, Landscape painting, Watercolour
tags Paintings, Journeys, arctic artist, polar artist, Watercolor, en plein air