REMOTE LANDSCAPES, SACRED PEAKS, GLOBAL GLACIERS, POLAR EDGES

ONE BODY ONE WORLD

5 YEARS SINCE I SET OFF FOR THE ICE ISLE

BOAT BATHED IN A GREENISH LIGHT,

SAILING NORTH

FOR A POLAR NIGHT IMMERSION

4 YEARS SINCE REGAINING THE INNER LIGHT BALANCE-

WITH A MONTH OF MIDNIGHT SUN PAINTING

IN THE INCREDIBLE PETUNIABUKTA (ARCTIC SVALBARD)

SCAVENGING SUMMER ARCTIC FOXES

BLOOD RED SMEARS ON GLEAMING SNOW-

BUTTERY BEARS LUCKILY CONTENT WITH SEALS

AND PUFFINS LEARNING TO FLAP ACROSS THE FJORDS.

3 YEARS SINCE PLANNING FOR

ARCTIC NORTH 1 +1-1=1, KNUPP GALLERY, PRAGUE

AND GOLDEN ALCHEMY EXHIBITION AT ASSW17 CONFERENCE.

2 YEARS SINCE I FLEW TO CHINA AND SET OFF FOR THE TIBETAN BORDER

SNOWY PEAKS, MONKS SKY EYES, STREET FIRES AND YAKS TAILS, FAST RIVERS, FROZEN PIPES,

GIANT POLLUTED CHINESE GLACIERS

HAI LOU GUO

DRAWING & PAINTING

AND REJUVENATING IN HOT SPRINGS.

THEN SAILING ON THE MAGICAL ARCTIC OCEAN,

ON BOARD A BARQUENTINE TALL SHIP

WITH 27 OTHER ARTISTS AND SCIENTISTS

MAGICAL NORTHERN LIGHTS, BELUGA WHALES, REINDEER & POLAR BEAR FOOT PRINTS

1 YEAR AGO,

A VISCERAL MEMORY OF 365 DAYS SINCE THE PILGRIMAGE OUT OF CHINA

ONWARD FREEDOM, TO NEPALESE SACRED PEACE:

EARTH, WATER, FIRE, AIR & WIND

SUNRISE ASCENT, LIGHT GROWING SKY, GLOWING HUES KISSING THE MOUNTAIN TOPS.

ARTIST BEING FLOATING IN FRONT OF THE ANNAPURNA RANGE

DRAWING THE MAJESTIC FISH TAIL PEAK

PARAGLIDING WITH GOLDEN EAGLES

 

OVER RADIANT, EMERALD- TURQUOISE, LAKE POKHARA

THEN A 2019 YEAR, NOMADING AROUND THE UK,

REUNITING WITH HUMANS,

REINTEGRATING INTO THE SCOTTISH ROOT LAND,

LONDON, GLASGOW, NORTHUMBERLAND, FIFE, SCOTTISH ISLES, ULLAPOOL, HIGHLANDS, DJCAD, GRAY’S, EDINBURGH, LSA, DUNDEE WASPS

& NOW PREPARING TO JOURNEY NORTH

FOR ARCTIC SUNRISE

FEBRUARY 2020

LONGYEARBYEN, NY ALESUND, THE CZECH STATION, NERC, KINGSBAY, IASC.

COLOURED PEN DRAWING, WATER COLOUR PAINTING, FLAG FLYING, FILM MAKING, PHOTOGRAPH TAKING: ARTIST BEING

WITNESSING THE ANNUAL RETURN OF LIGHT

AT THE SACRED NORTHERN POLE

.