The polar bear is in trouble because the ice is melting very quickly. by Myrte F. Banen

The polar ice is melting so quickly that the polar bear can no longer find a way out. Because the ice floe has tipped over, the polar bear is trapped and cannot climb down. It will eventually starve to death; this is depicted by rendering the polar bear solely as an outline. The ice floe is depicted in a geometric/stylised manner. This is a recurring feature in many of my modern-blue works. All that remains around the ice floe is water, as the rest of the ice has already melted. In the distance, there is a faint glimmer; this could be from the sun, or there may still be ice there. At the bottom of the ice floe, the water is slightly lighter, as there is more of the ice floe submerged. My inspiration comes from the images on the news. When discussing global warming, they often show a polar bear in solitude on an ice floe. This work gives me a cool feeling. This work is about global warming, starting at the poles. It was created during a good period. There is a lot of emotion in this work: pity because the polar bear will soon starve; astonishment because too little is being done about the climate and global warming is already visibly advanced; fear about how things will progress and what the consequences for people will be; wonder at the depiction of this subject. People concerned about global warming or who have been to the poles, as well as those who love the colour blue and geometric shapes; people who care about animal suffering may find this work particularly moving.