Iliina is a Russian Canadian artist who has been painting glacier abstracts since 2007 that recognize the problem of disappearing and receding glaciers all over the planet.
Showing posts with label Tatiana Iliina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tatiana Iliina. Show all posts
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Meltdown: abstract Glacier painting #28
Iliina is a Russian Canadian artist who has been painting glacier abstracts since 2007 that recognize the problem of disappearing and receding glaciers all over the planet.
Friday, March 12, 2010
"Forces of Nature" - New Glacier Painting by Tatiana Iliina
Canadian artist Tatiana Iliina has completed another abstract glacier painting. This one is entitled "Forces of Nature" and acknowledges the unfathomable powers that have resulted in the shrinking or disappearance of most of the glaciers on the planet.
What a winter it was been in Canada!
Let's go back and review the norm and the actual for each of the past few months:
October norm: trick-or-treating with winter coats over costumes in hard frozen cold, or icy drizzle or snow
October '09: trick-or-treating was in light jackets, or just the costumes
November norm: several snowfalls, weeks of -10 C weather or colder.
November '09: no snow, green grass, flowers in the garden, felt like early October weather
December norm: lots of wet snow, occasional warm periods, some very cold stretches
December '09: only slightly below freezing most of the time, with a fair bit of snow
January norm: deep freeze, tons of snow
January 2010: variable weather some snow, no very cold weather at all
February norm: deep freeze, lots of snow, possible brief thaw
February 2010: + temps most of the month, a scattering of snow, milder than March should be
March norm: usually ranges from extreme cold to near freezing, plenty of snow
March 2010: winter is finished - what winter?
Of course Canada is a huge country. This year there was some colder weather out west in Edmonton and Saskatoon but it has been warm right across the country since February.
Environment Canada has confirmed that this has been the warmest winter on record.
2009 was also the warmest winter on record in Australia.
Let's go back and review the norm and the actual for each of the past few months:
October norm: trick-or-treating with winter coats over costumes in hard frozen cold, or icy drizzle or snow
October '09: trick-or-treating was in light jackets, or just the costumes
November norm: several snowfalls, weeks of -10 C weather or colder.
November '09: no snow, green grass, flowers in the garden, felt like early October weather
December norm: lots of wet snow, occasional warm periods, some very cold stretches
December '09: only slightly below freezing most of the time, with a fair bit of snow
January norm: deep freeze, tons of snow
January 2010: variable weather some snow, no very cold weather at all
February norm: deep freeze, lots of snow, possible brief thaw
February 2010: + temps most of the month, a scattering of snow, milder than March should be
March norm: usually ranges from extreme cold to near freezing, plenty of snow
March 2010: winter is finished - what winter?
Of course Canada is a huge country. This year there was some colder weather out west in Edmonton and Saskatoon but it has been warm right across the country since February.
Environment Canada has confirmed that this has been the warmest winter on record.
2009 was also the warmest winter on record in Australia.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Tatiana Iliina's Glacier XV
One of the larger themes of Tatiana Iliina's abstract glacier series is obviously to recognize many of the disappearing glaciers on the planet.
By giving many of the glacier abstracts the name of an actual glacier, Iliina creates a direct tie between the art and the Earth.
By giving many of the glacier abstracts the name of an actual glacier, Iliina creates a direct tie between the art and the Earth.
Glacier 15, by Tatiana Iliina, 30"x36", acrylic on canvas (sold)
By contrast, some of the paintings have been given generic names, such as this one, "Glacier 15".
Tatiana has reserved a number of the paintings to be representative of the concept as a whole. By assigning them only a number, the artist succeeds in giving the art a life of its own.
By contrast, some of the paintings have been given generic names, such as this one, "Glacier 15".
Tatiana has reserved a number of the paintings to be representative of the concept as a whole. By assigning them only a number, the artist succeeds in giving the art a life of its own.
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