Landscape painter
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| Current Exhibition: | |
| "Polar Ice ~ Fragile Beauty" original paintings and prints at | |
| the European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2 December 2011 - 31 January 2012 | |
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ARTIST HIGHLIGHTS ICY LANDSCAPES THREATENED BY WARMING
CLIMATE ‘Polar Ice - Fragile Beauty’ is an informative exhibition by British artist Rowan Huntley showing dramatic frozen scenery from around the Antarctic Peninsula and Greenland’s Ilulissat Icefjord. On display at the European Environment Agency in Copenhagen throughout December and January, the exhibition will highlight what we stand to lose in an ever warming world. ‘Polar Ice - Fragile Beauty’ is a selection of Rowan’s field studies, paintings and prints which portray the beautifully dramatic icy realms of our Polar Regions. Complemented by photos and diary extracts from her field visits, Rowan’s work draws attention to these two remarkable and remote places which lie a whole world apart and yet are equally at risk from global rising temperatures. A painter of icy landscapes for over 15 years, Rowan has become intensely aware of their vulnerability. She says: “Opinions may vary on the reasons behind the warming of the planet but it is definitely happening and we cannot ignore it. If these fragile environments are lost they may never be regained and that would be disastrous for the world. As an artist who loves nature I care greatly that the most vulnerable aspects of our natural world are protected against further preventable damage caused by our own ignorance. It is therefore my aim that the pictures I produce should contribute to showing others, in parallel to science, what stands to be lost as our world warms up. By providing a visual backdrop to the words currently being spoken on Climate Change issues I hope that I can help demonstrate, to a wider audience, that decisive action continues to be essential in the fight to reduce the detrimental and devastating impact of Global Warming in these areas.” Rowan first visited Antarctica with the British Royal Navy’s Survey ship HMS Scott on a month long artist’s residency placement. She was the first ever recipient of this residency awarded by the Friends of Scott Polar Research Institute in the UK. A second trip was undertaken as Artist in Residence of environmentally aware cruise ship MV Plancius. Rowan visited Greenland with the support of the Andrew Croft Memorial Fund and the Gino Watkins Memorial Fund Edward Wilson Fund, UK. ‘Polar Ice - Fragile Beauty’ can be visited throughout December and January, Monday to Friday 09.00 to 16.00 at the European Environment Agency, Kongens Nytorv 6, DK - 1050 Copenhagen K, Denmark - Phone: +45 3336 7100. |
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| Brabant Island at Dawn, Antarctica (left), and Midnight Sun in Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland (right), painted by Rowan Huntley. | |
| Forthcoming Exhibitions: | |
| Antarctica at Discovery Point Dundee, July, August and September 2012 | |
| Alpine and Polar at the Alpine Club, London, October 2012 | |
| Current Work: Antarctica | |
| The areas of South Georgia, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands, Bransfield Strait, Brabant Island, | |
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Anvers Island and Andvord Bay, Antarctic Peninsula |
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Previous and ongoing work: |
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| Icebergs and glaciers from the Ilulissat area, Greenland. The European Alps ~ Chamonix-Mont-Blanc and Zermatt areas (Read more) the | |
| Bregaglia, Engadine and Bernese Oberland. | |
My paintings are now in many private collections around the world - Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Italy, Ireland, Finland, USA and Norway. Other collections include: Luster Fylkeskommune in Norway, Norsk Hydro (UK) Ltd, Amersham plc, The Alpine Club and London Business School in Great Britain.
"Les Grandes Jorasses, May" was acquired by Messner Mountain Museums in 2007 and is now on display in
MMM Firmian in Bozen, northern Italy.
"Disko Bay and the Igloos ~ Mid Summer Night Sun" was acquired by Hotel Arctic, Ilulissat, Greenland, in Dec. 2009
"HMS Scott off Brabant Island, Antarctica ~ Morning Sunshine" now hangs in HMS Scott's Wardroom
Solo Exhibitions of greatest significance:
Norwegian Work:
British Work:
Other significant exhibitions:
Open exhibitions: