THE COOL AIR AND VAST SPACE ARE CALLING

THE MIGRATION IN REVERSE WILL BEGIN TOMORROW

WHEN I FLY FROM CHONGQING TO OSLO AND THEN ONWARD TO LONGYEARBYEN

BODY, MIND AND PAINTING MATERIALS

FROM HIGH TO LOW TEMPERATURES

CHINA TO SVALBARD

(PART OF THE ARTIST IS ALREADY UP THERE… JUST HANGING OUT, WAITING FOR THE WHOLE PACKAGE TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD)

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AS I PREPARE TO ASCEND NORTH TO THE TOP OF THE EARTH

THE REAL BARNACLE GEESE ARE ALREADY FLYING SOUTH IN SEARCH OF MORE WARMTH 

THE SPRAY PAINTED GEESE ARE COMING WITH ME, EITHER SIDE OF EACH LEG! (SEE ‘WELLIE IDENTIFICATION’ IMAGE)

THE BEAUTIFUL ANTIGUA- OUR EXPEDITION VESSEL, AWAITS US IN LONGYEARYBYEN 

ON THE 1ST OF OCTOBER WE SET SAIL TO EXPLORE, PAINT, DRAW, FEEL, COMMUNICATE WITH THE SACRED AND FRAGILE ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT

THE LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING FAST AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ABSORB AND PROCESS THE REALITY AND THEN DISSEMINATE THAT TO THE REST OF THE WORLD

MY MEDIUM IS PAINT

MY FASCINATIONS ARE NATURAL LIGHT, DARKNESS AND UNIVERSAL ENERGIES IN CONNECTION WITH INCREDIBLE LANDSCAPES

THE BIRDS, THE AIR

THE ROCKS, THE MOLECULES

THE SEA, THE ICE

THE POLAR BEARS, THE PEOPLE

THE CLOUDS, THE CRYSTALS

THE SNOW, THE RAIN

THE ATMOSPHERE, THE STARS

THE SUN, THE MOON

THE SHIP, THE WAVES

THE EARTH, THE ARTIST

THE UNIVERSE, THE JOURNEY

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I WILL SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT MY RESEARCH FINDINGS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EXPEDITION.

LEAVING SVALBARD AND TRAVELLING BACK TO CHINA MAY BE THE HARDEST JOURNEY THAT THIS ARTIST HAS EVER ENDURED

DISSOLVED INTO TRILLIONS OF PIECES, NOT REALLY ANYTHING AND YET PART OF EVERYTHING-

HOW WILL THAT ARTIST BE OK? 

SHE MIGHT NOT, BUT THE GEESE WILL WHISPER SOME ADVICE.

ONE NORTH. ONE WORLD.

SCOTLAND/ CHINA/ ARCTIC MIGRATIONS

GRM