Living on the Edge

Living on the Edge

Limited Editions of 25.

Story Behind the Art:

Polar bears are the most iconic symbol of the Canadian North.

If you look closely at mother Atiktaliq you will see that she is adorned with stories of the north. The midnight sun on her right ribs hangs over the tilted black spruce on her haunch. Her son Atiktalaq has a simpler form as his stories are yet untold.

He is watching Mother and learning about life on the floe edge, and indeed life on the edge of a critical time for his species.

The implication of a hunter’s spear can be found on her left shoulder and the swirling lines of the aurora flow across her hip.

They stand at the edge of an ice floe represented by a slice of petrified wood. Like the bears, it is hundreds of years old in its lineage and now serves to reflect the passing of time.  The beautiful translucent patina on the bears brings them both to life, immortalized in bronze.

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