Tanquary VistaTANQUARY VISTA Canvas Gicle, Framed Tanquary Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada Framed sizes: M: 20. 5 x 41 $610 L: 29 x 61 $1,270 Eight hundred kilometres shy of the north pole is the austere Ellesmere Island. Up here the enormous scale of the land, combined with the clean air and lack of trees, makes judging distance difficult, often turning an hour long hike into a half days journey. After such an exhausting trek, I found the most expansive

On the hike back I couldn't help but realize how fortunate we are to have places like these to enjoy

As I began work of the piece

the changing light struck the tundra beautifully

to Lake Simcoe

Adding to this winter symphony were tinkling notes created by water rushing past the ice along the banks

allowing ample room for writing your message

- The COAST To CANVAS Exhibition Tour Featurette

I went to a nearby stream to snorkle and gather reference

Into The Arctic

I was mesmerized by the display of icy cracks and crags

an aesthetic as fragile and reverential as the inner life of a polar bear

Clip from Cory Trepanier's Into The Arctic II film where he begins "Great Glacier" painting