The watermark in the lower right corner of the image will not appear on the final print.
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Dimensions
Image:
10.00" x 7.00"
Mat Border:
2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
15.50" x 12.50"
Polar Bear Framed Print
by Tom Blodgett Jr
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Polar Bear framed print by Tom Blodgett Jr. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Design Details
Polar Bears supply food to scavengers such as Arctic Foxes through the remains of the seal, fish, and native deer populations they consume. Through... more
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Artist's Description
Polar Bears supply food to scavengers such as Arctic Foxes through the remains of the seal, fish, and native deer populations they consume. Through their consumption of arctic seals, these apex predators prevent seal overpopulation, which would reduce the numbers of crustaceans and certain kinds of fish as they are the prey of seals. This would potentially negatively impact the local human populations who also depend upon these fish for food, as well as commercial fishing industries.
Polar Bear population in western Hudson Bay has declined by over 20% in the last 10 years, according to Andrew Derocher, Chair of the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group. He points out how sea ice breaking up 3 weeks earlier can make the difference between life and death for the cubs yet born as well. Even if the mother is able to survive with inadequate fat reserves, when cubs are born weaker because their mother was unable to catch just one or two extra seals, it greatly diminishes the cub's ch...
About Tom Blodgett Jr
I hope these paintings will in some way inspire you to investigate these organisms further. Their wondrous forms and capabilities are often overlooked and underappreciated. Imagine the tapestry that would color your world if you could communicate using sonar (yet still be able to learn human sign language) like a dolphin, smell with the intensity of the Polar Bear, understand chemical signals like the Honey Bee, navigate up to 600 miles from memory like the Desert Elephant, or utilize the earth’s geomagnetic fields to swim 800 miles like the Green Sea Turtle. The true complexity of the communication between most organisms lies in realms we still know relatively little about. The descriptions for each painting include facts, interviews, and...
$81.00
Veikko Suikkanen
Great painting Tom! L/F
Claudia Ellis
Congratulations on your sale Tom!
Myrna Walsh
This is amazing work. Unique and beautiful. I was inspired to check out all of your other works and find that I can say they are all amazing !! You certainly have a lot of talent. I am looking forward to more from you. Keep painting...as though you could stop, huh?
Myrna Walsh
This is amazing work. Unique and beautiful. I was inspired to check out all of your other works and find that I can say they are all amazing !! You certainly have a lot of talent. I am looking forward to more from you. Keep painting...as though you could stop, huh?
Mick Anderson
Excellent work, Tom!
Barbara Keith
Interesting lighting.. nice work.
Tom Blodgett Jr replied:
Thanks very much Barbara. The detail in your work is incredible.