The schooner Rembrandt van Rijn under a wall of glacier ice, Svalbard — The Rembrandt van Rijn in front of DahlbreenSvalbard · July 2026

The ice front of Austfonna with meltwater falling into the sea — Austfonna, 180 kilometres longPhotograph, Entry 046

A polar bear climbing over grey rock — Morning BearPhotograph, Entry 048

Walruses resting together on a beach — Protect the little one!Photograph, Entry 046

A tabular iceberg under a dark sky — Off NegribreenPhotograph, Entry 044

A dark arctic fox cub among rocks — The Arctic Blue Fox CubPhotograph, Entry 048

A humpback whale breaking the surface — A Kittiwake went in after something and it did not consider the whale.Photograph, Entry 046

A logbook of the North. Kept in paint, photographs, film and words.

Arctic Residents · Svalbard 2026 · in progressThe series →

Pencil sketch of an arctic fox's face — Arctic FoxSketch · Arctic Residents

Pencil sketch of a sitting polar bear looking up — Polar Bear, SittingSketch · Arctic Residents

Pencil sketch of a walrus resting on its flippers — WalrusSketch · Arctic Residents

Pencil sketch of a standing polar bear, head lowered — Polar BearSketch · Arctic Residents

In progress

Ghosts of the Ice

Paintings made from photographs taken at 80°N. The pigment is thermochromic. Warm the surface and the image fades. Let it cool and the image returns.

The disappearance is not a metaphor laid over the painting. It is the painting.

Frame built and tested, Aug 2026 · Documentary in production · Original album

About the project

Ghosts of the Ice: a white polar bear painted on a blue ground, in the silver heated frame — Heat the frame. The viewer decides how much to see.

Heat the frame. The viewer decides how much to see.

Talks and residencies

4 Nov 2026Marin, CaliforniaTalk: “Creating a More Resilient Art Business”
Marin Small Business Development Center38°N
16 Nov 2026 · 4:45 pmOberlin, OhioPublic lecture: “The Long Way Around”
Studio Art, Oberlin College and Conservatory41°18′N
24 Apr – 10 May 2027Longyearbyen, SvalbardResidency: Spitsbergen Artists Center
Back in the place I left in July, in a season I haven’t seen78°13′N
10–27 May 2027Odense, DenmarkResidency: Hollufgård Værksteder for Kunst og Kunsthåndværk
Workshops for art and craft at the edge of Odense55°22′N
28 May – 2 Jul 2027Svendborg, DenmarkResidency: Brechts Hus
The house where Bertolt Brecht lived in exile55°04′N

Logbook

The Rembrandt van Rijn at anchor under a grey sky

Entry 05327 Sep 2026

So You’re Going to Svalbard?

What to pack for Svalbard, what to leave at home, and what I would do differently on an Arctic expedition ship.

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FilmSvalbard, July 2026. The best photos from the voyage. Music: “Overcome” by Skott.

Even the most urgent scientific data struggles to move people to action unless they truly care. Art creates that bridge: from awareness to empathy, and empathy to responsibility.

A logbook of the North. Kept in paint, photographs, film and words.

Ghosts of the Ice

So You’re Going to Svalbard?

The Nordstern Logbook.