Third artwork in my new mixed media series depicting endangered animals.
Mixed Media and Paper Collage on Wood Panel
Media includes: acrylic, graphite, colored pencils, oil pastels, ink, tea
12 × 12 inches on 2 inch deep wood panel
According to the National Wildlife Federation:
http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Mammals/Polar-Bear.aspx
“Polar bears are in serious danger of going extinct due to global warming.
Rising temperatures cause sea ice to melt, especially in the summer months when the polar bears are the most active. Polar bears depend on sea ice as habitat for hunting and dens.
As available sea ice decreases, polar bears have to swim farther to find suitable habitat and it takes much longer to find a meal. Compounding the problem, sea ice loss also impacts polar bears main food source—seals."
