“Cozy Ice Cave”
40″ x 30″     3000.

Who would have thought ice could make a cozy place to sleep? All that fur and muscle and power contained and at rest.

She is half asleep. Eyelids doing pushups.
Each muscle releases.
She floats
above her arctic nest.
Adrift in furry warmth,
a secret cave of ice and snow.
Ocean salty aromas promise refreshment
but she is no longer listening.

“Curiosity”
40″ x 30″     2800.
She approaches. Fearless. She has never seen anything like you before.

Polar Warrior
24″ x 18″ painting by Raven
$1200.
click here to contact Raven

Arctic blue shimmers with purple against golden orange.
Snow and ice surround him but he glistens with color of sun and his own body heat.
Large bold brushstrokes speak of his strength of purpose.

Mendenhall’s Domain
12″ x 9″ watercolor by Raven
$600.
click here to contact Raven

I stare at a skyscraper wall of ice from behind my easel.
Mendenhall Glacier taunts me.
A chunk of ice calves revealing a scar of brilliant color. I search for the right color and splash cobalt teal on the hungry watercolor paper.
The steel cold water is formidable.

What is that movement? My binoculars find a canoe sailing full of brave souls.
Perfect! NOW I can help you see just how large that glacier really is.
My paper can only hold a a small piece of the thundering monolith.

This painting received 1st place the next day in the Great Alaskan Plein Air Retreat competition. It gave me new brushes, new frames and cash.
But the best part is the priceless memory of painting
near the shadow of this glorious glacier
on the solstice in Juneau, Alaska.