Antarctica-- Oil Paintings

South Pole Telescope Diptych
2011
oil on wood panels
8 x 15"

Lake Hoare Landing
2011
oil on wood panels
5 x 15"

Lake Hoare Live
2011
oil on wood panels
5 x 13"

Amundsen-Clark South Pole Station
2011
oil on wood panel
5 x 12"

Trench Night and Handtruck 

2011

oil on wood panels

8 x 10"

Survival School
2011
oil on panel
7 x 8"

FINALLY --the finished Ninety-Degree Draft

Finally---- finished and documented.....

	Ninety-Degree Draft   2009-2011  gouache, color pencil on paper, 10 drawings- each 30 x 42" Ninety-Degree Draft 2009-2011 gouache, color pencil on paper 10 drawings each 30 x 42" The entire journey to Antarctica--from the beginning application process to a rendering of this completed drawing at the end. Hundreds of images and text are drawn on ten painted maps of the Antarctic continent. There are portraits of those who contributed references for the National Science Foundation Antarctica Artists and Writers Program application as well as the scientists and personnel on the ice. All the art made on location- at the Lake Hoare Field Camp in the Dry Valleys, at the penguin colonies at Cape Royds and Cape Crozier at the South Pole and and at the main U.S. research base, McMurdo Station is included as are landscapes of all of the above. Interiors of camps, helicopter views and wildlife seen are documented in this drawn timeline of the two months on "the Ice" along with the time preparing for the trip. Green arrows provide the direction for your eyes to follow.

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Small oil paintngs....Antarctica work continues

Iceberg     oil color pencil on wood panel 5 x 7 x 1.5"  

 

 Little oil paintings on thick wood panels......

Survival Trench   oil on wood panel 5 x 5 x 1.5"

Happy Camper  oil on wood panel  7 x 8 x 1.5"

Ninety Degree Draft 3 through 10

This large series of drawing is complete...chronicles the entire Antarctica experience.
Each drawing is 30 x 42".

Studio View--Ninety Degree Draft

This is a (rough) studio snapshot of 8 of 10 30 x 42" drawings from the gouache and colored  pencil drawings Ninety Degree Draft. These drawings and text are a kind of journal of the preparation for and time spent in Antarctica--including the application process, medical check-ups, and then time spent there. The drawings are done from digital images, videos and drawings done at McMurdo Station, Cape Royds, Cape Crozier and the South Pole. Green arrows direct your eyes from image to image and create a chronology of this journey.

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a drawing from Ninety Degree Draft

 30 x 42 colored pencil and gouache on paper --- photo by Jim Whitaker
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A single drawing from an 8 drawing wall piece---a kind of drawn journal about every aspect of the Antarctic journey.

I am continuing to work on this project...lots more to come.

Check out the article in the Antarctic Sun.......

Not much news from the Antarctica front but you can check out this article.

I will be posting some drawings soon.



http://antarcticsun.usap.gov/features/contenthandler.cfm?id=2216