Who are the Borealis Bears?

Borealis Bears original painting kept me company during my 6 weekends of Holiday Market. It garnered hundreds if not thousands of looks, points, shares, photos, and even a few tears. People had a big reaction and I noticed it wasn’t one type of person, or a certain age or gender. All sorts of people brought home prints. Some asked the story of the painting, eager to hear more, some just fell in love and quietly took their print home to enjoy. Exactly who are these bears and why are they so happy?

Borealis Bears original painting

What is the story of the painting? The mama bear and her cub living in a world of peace and abundance. They are perfectly warm, perfectly safe, watching the aurora borealis, which YOU can also see as a reflection off their fur. Mother bear need only dip her in the water to catch a fish for their dinner. All is well. They represent all bears in their natural state. And may it be where you place this painting or print in your home. All is well, a moment to sigh and feel contentment, a reminder.

It is a part of my soul expression to paint with intention. I have learned that imbuing peace into a painting directly offers healing, grounding or calming breath to the viewer. I will always be equally touched and healed to experience these positive reactions from others as they receive the image. Thank you. The Borealis Bears are here for all of us.

Borealis Bears print 8x10” and ready for frame

Shortly after completing this painting, I went online to find out where polar bears were the happiest and found that, indeed, such places exist. The island of Svalbard where the world’s seed vault lies, humans live in harmony with about 3,000 polar bears. There’s Wrangel Island which has some of the planet's highest concentrations of polar bear dens, with huge numbers of female polar bears raising cubs here each winter. It also has the biggest population of Pacific walrus in the world and in ice free years, between 80,000 and 100,000 of them gather in coastal rookeries.