Portraits of Glaciers

I have stood on glaciers in Alaska, looked into their impossible blue depths, witnessed their calving, and heard their magical, cracking song.

Flying over the glacial coastline between Anchorage and Juneau inspired a series of aerial portraits of glaciers around the world. Each is a portrait of a particular glacier or glacial area, done from NASA satellite images.

The intricate, patterned images I create seem abstract, but they are in fact realistic renderings. Like my drawings, the concept of global warming may seem abstract, may seem “elsewhere,” but seeing the glaciers intimately rendered makes the process feel more real and personal.