Glace Waves

Glace Waves (30”x42”) is a four-color reduction woodcut exploring the textural and tonal varieties of glacier ice. The reduction process in this giant block print employs the matrix to visually speak via woodgrain and symbolically represent the many ways nature records and reports earth’s history. Giant icebergs once belonging to Iceland’s Breidamerkurjokull glacier float along the Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon, gradually melting to become one with the sea. The ice melts from the bottom into the lagoon’s lake, making them top-heavy and literally flipping themselves over. As icebergs melt, flip, and rotate they also morph into unexpected shapes. The colors and textures of all this frozen water are not only beautiful but have meaning. They tell a story of climate. The different ratios of oxygen trapped in the ice explain how fast the water froze and how compressed the hydrogen was compared to oxygen. The whiter the ice, the more oxygen is present. I studied the white, blue, and green variations. Light bouncing between glaciers, the sky, and reflecting from the lagoon creating visually mesmerizing effects of color.

• 24”x36” printed image centered on 30”x42” heavyweight Arches printmaking BFK Rives Cotton Paper

• Colors/ Layers: light blue, light gray, teal, and medium gray

• Limited Edition number four of five. Signed, dated, numbered and titled below image.