Glaciers, Polar Bears and Seascapes: Painting by Linda Lang
Looking for the Seal, oil on canvas
Our featured artist Linda Lang specializes in paintings of the arctic landscape. Paintings featuring glaciers, polar bears and seascapes fill Linda’s portfolio, and her smooth brush work is ideal for portraying the icy landscape.
Journey, oil on panel
Linda's arctic painting gallery on her portfolio website
I love the soft, undulating movement that Linda creates in all of her paintings. Though the subject matter tends to be fairly static, the way it is depicted suggests a wonderful smooth, flowing quality to the land that I think is excellent for showcasing ice, snow and cold water. In many of Linda’s paintings, polar bears roam across natural habitats, rendered in that similar smooth fashion.
I find that Linda’s style of painting reminds me of work by some celebrated Canadian artists such as Ted Harrison. The bold colours and slightly simplified forms make for an eye-catching, graphic quality that portrays not so much the precise detail, but the overall personality of a given space.
