France_Haute Savoie_Chamonix_La Mer de Glace Astonishing Loss of Ice

This Sculptural Watercolour® painting of the famous Mer de Glace or Sea of Ice glacier above Chamonix in the French Alps captures a moment in the remarkable loss of the ice this century that continues to be astonishing. The viewpoint is from next to the glacier, from where we see - in the top right-hand corner - the background silhouette of the mountains.

Upper-left is an impression of a wave in a wild sea, with some ‘spray’ that is actually a dusting of snow covering an otherwise miserably-grey rock-strewn surface of the dying glacier. 

Across the centre is the blue of a very large block of ice. But below that is a dark pool of water; the glacier is melting from inside. 

Bottom right is the grey of the moraine residue that  will soon stretch across the entire valley - as it already does lower down the valley. All aspects of the slow death of this glacier are here in this painting.  

This is a  digital download, available as a TIFF (for any type of printing) and JPG (for web use) to ensure the best resolution and flexibility. The watermark is removed in the downloaded version. More information on our digital downloads can be found  here.