Ursus maritimus · Bears
Polar Bear Art in Canada
Arctic habitat, ice, scale and vulnerability.
Artists connected to Polar Bear
Graham Watts
Vancouver-based Canadian oil painter whose wildlife subjects include grizzly and black bears, wolves, eagles, elk, polar bears and salmon, using saturated colour, layered texture and dramatic light.
Robert Bateman
Canadian naturalist and painter known internationally for detailed wildlife and habitat paintings, conservation work and a long career connecting art with close observation of nature.
Michael Pape
Ontario wildlife artist working primarily in acrylic and drawing, with recurring subjects including wolves, bears, eagles, ravens, big cats and other wildlife.
Brent Townsend
Ontario-born Canadian wildlife artist known for detailed paintings that integrate animals with habitat; his polar-bear design became the reverse image of Canada's $2 circulation coin.
Artwork records
7 documented works currently connect to Polar Bear.
Arctic Tranquility
A polar bear painting exploring stillness, scale and northern atmosphere.
Image pending rights clearanceArctic Ice – Polar Bear
A polar bear set within an expansive field of Arctic ice.
Image pending rights clearanceArctic Landscape – Polar Bear
A panoramic Arctic landscape in which the polar bear is integrated with habitat.
Image pending rights clearanceWinds of Change
A polar bear painting documented by the artist as an original acrylic on canvas.
Image pending rights clearancePolar Bear Cubs
A polar-bear-cub watercolour image offered as an archival giclée print.
Image pending rights clearanceCanadian Fauna: The Polar Bear
A polar bear design documented as part of a Canadian fauna coin project.
Image pending rights clearanceMajestic Polar Bears
A polar bear composition documented among the artist’s Canadian coin projects.