Queen of Ice and Snow

Queen of Ice and Snow by Ashleigh Izienicki Fine art giclée print on Italian cold-press watercolor paper 16" x 20” with a half-inch border Edition of 50 + 5 APs Numbered Printed with ♥ by Paragon Press Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery Photograph by Alex de Vries Magnifico "Queen of Ice and Snow" by Ashleigh Izienicki (USA) highlights the iconic polar bear, a marine mammal that has become the poster child of climate change, and classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Artist Statement "Polar Bears are the most beautiful and fearsome creatures that walk this earth today, yet we don’t know how much longer they are going to be here. The ongoing climate change has depleted their hunting grounds, where they spend most of their lives walking among the sea and ice. This loss has driven polar bears to starvation and pushed these solitary animals closer together. Mother polar bears now have to protect their young from the starving competitors around them.