Chasing The Light

I cried when I first learned of the touching story behind Chasing The Light, a historically contextual art expedition led by artist Zaria Forman. Her late mother, Rena Bass Forman, was inspired by American painter William Bradford’s 1869 expedition up the Northwest Coast of Greenland and dedicated her life to photographing this remote region. Sadly, Rena was never able to see the same voyage through. Her daughter promised to carry out the journey in her honor, scattering her mother’s ashes amongst the crackling ice diamonds of Greenland and painting the moody gray and indigo landscapes. Her stunning work made me think of everything we take for granted. A percent of all Greenland drawing sales will go to 350.org.

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 (Zaria Forman pastel drawings available at select galleries, prints available at ArtStar)

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  1. Mira wrote:

    The story is really touching my heart. The drawings are marvelous.

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  2. Laura wrote:

    Beautiful !
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  3. lauren wrote:

    wow, these are just beautiful
    Lauren
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  4. Rachelle wrote:

    These are gorgeous, love these paintings.

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  5. The Fashion Fraction wrote:
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  6. Stel Style wrote:

    Amazing pictures!!

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  7. Denisa wrote:

    Beautiful. Great day.

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  8. wow I cannot believe these are drawings! I definitely thought they were photographs. Somewhat eerie (IMO) but beautiful as well.

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  9. meg wrote:

    That color of blue is amazing!

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  10. Paty wrote:

    Love your blog!
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  11. Nancy wrote:

    Zaria art is truly unique. Their beauty is striking. If you get the chance, you really should go to the “Chasing the Light” facebook page and watch the “calving” video. It’s remarkable! You’ll be amazed.

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  12. Erin wrote:

    Wow, I could barely tell that these were drawings. They have so much movement and emotion in them- love!

    xx Erin

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  13. sandy wrote:

    Ouaou, it is amazing, I thought they were photographies, amazing they are paintings 🙂

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  14. These photos are breathtakingly beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

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  15. gareth wrote:

    Wow!!

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  16. LOVE – this is so amazing!!

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  17. My god these are breathtakingly gorgeous!

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  18. Hailey wrote:

    These are breathtaking!

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  19. Jaeger wrote:

    Wow these are lovely, I thought a couple of these were photos

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    xx

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  20. YV wrote:

    so cool!

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  21. Victoria wrote:

    These images are so beautiful, and the story behind them is lovely

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  22. TheRomRom wrote:

    Wow truly breathtaking!!! They are all amazing and the story behind touched me so much

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  23. This is so AMAZING!

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