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Dramatic Pastel Drawings of Shifting Glacial Landscapes by Zaria Forman
Pastel artist Zaria Forman’s subject of choice is the glacier. The natural phenomenon that occurs around the globe is a critical element of cold-weather ecosystems, as well as a barometer of global climate health. The Brooklyn-based artist travels worldwide, often accompanying scientific expeditions, to experience and document glaciers firsthand, taking thousands of reference photographs to inform her enormous pastel drawings. In translating her real-world travels on to paper, Forman shares that she draws from memory as well as from her reference photographs. "Occasionally I…
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Winter 2023: Lisa Ericson Lisa Ericson (previously) is a Portland, Oregon-based artist who paints intimate portraits of animals in surreal circumstances. All of her works are done in acrylic on wood panels, and she often references scientific phenomena in her pieces. Ericson studied art at Yale University, and you can find more on her website and Instagram. Autumn 2022: Tomás Sánchez Cuban artist Tomás Sánchez (previously) is known for painstakingly detailed paintings of lush landscapes drawn from…
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Monumental Pastel Drawings of Endangered Icebergs by Zaria Forman
Zaria Forman (previously here and here) creates incredibly realistic drawings of Antarctica's icebergs, producing large pastel works that capture the sculptural beauty of the quickly shrinking forms. This past winter, the artist had the opportunity to be side-by-side with the the towering ice shelfs, observing their magnitude aboard the National Geographic Explorer during a four week art residency. The residency gave her the opportunity to further embody the natural formations, providing a new perspective to create her large-scale drawings. "Many of us…
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Colossal Needs You!—Introducing Membership
Since launching Colossal nine years ago, I’ve taken great pride in focusing the site entirely on art and artists. For the first several years Colossal didn’t have advertising—the site was a labor of love. We were lucky to see traffic skyrocket, but with that increased audience came increased server costs and it became necessary to introduce a few ad banners. Colossal quickly grew into a flourishing arts publication that employs several full and part-time staff as editors, contributing writers, and (always paid) interns. Every single day I wake up to write, edit, curate, and publish. It’s a dream realized. We…
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Exploring Climate Change through Art: Giant Pastel Oceanscapes and Icebergs Drawn by Zaria Forman
Tackling climate change or the documentation of extreme environments can be challenging endeavors for any artist, but for Brooklyn-based Zaria Forman it was simply an extension of a childhood spent traveling with her family to some of the Earth's most remote locations. For her 2012 project Chasing the Light, Forman led an ambitious art expedition by sailing up the northwest coast of Greenland to retrace the 1869 journey of American painter William Bradford. Along the way she documented the changing arctic landscape which she would…
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Perspective: Artist Zaria Forman Shares the Inspiration behind Her Large-Scale Pastel Waves and Icebergs
As part of his ongoing Making Art series, filmmaker Jesse Brass sits down with artist Zaria Forman (previously) who discusses the inspiration and intent behind her giant pastel drawings of icebergs and ocean waves.
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