Arctic Art
I first got the idea for a post about Arctic art from “Arctic Dreams” – yes, the book which has inspired me with many and varied ponderings. Lopez was describing a conversation with a retired scientist who was also an artist, when they were on Cornwallis Island in the Canadian Arctic. They marvelled about the fact that summer brings 24 hours of daylight which also delivers a “fullness and subtle quality of light”, together with a range of colour balances…