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Polly Townsend: Antarctic Paintings

Past exhibition
24 April - 17 May 2024
  • Antarctic Paintings
  • Preview of Works
  • Press Coverage
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    Antarctic Paintings

    In January 2023, Polly Townsend spent five weeks on HMS Protector in Antarctica as artist in residence, a position made possible through the Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute. Given the ship's crow's nest as a studio, and with her own specially developed equipment and techniques to paint on land, Townsend returned with over fifty drawings and paintings from the expedition. The exhibition brings together these works along with studio paintings evoking "Antarctica's seemingly infinite range of personalities".

     

    Visit the Viewing Room to see the collection

     

     

  • Preview of Works
    • Polly Townsend, 13. Massif, 2024
      Polly Townsend, 13. Massif, 2024
    • Polly Townsend, Mass, Antarctica, 2023
      Polly Townsend, Mass, Antarctica, 2023
    • Polly Townsend, 2. Ice Slice, 2024
      Polly Townsend, 2. Ice Slice, 2024
    • Polly Townsend, 20. Crag , 2024
      Polly Townsend, 20. Crag , 2024
    • Polly Townsend, 24. Antarctic Shift, 2023
      Polly Townsend, 24. Antarctic Shift, 2023
    • Polly Townsend, Encounters, Antarctica, 2023
      Polly Townsend, Encounters, Antarctica, 2023
    • Polly Townsend, Slab, Antarctica, 2023
      Polly Townsend, Slab, Antarctica, 2023
    • Polly Townsend, 30. Ice Blink, 2023
      Polly Townsend, 30. Ice Blink, 2023
    • Polly Townsend, 27. The Edge, 2023
      Polly Townsend, 27. The Edge, 2023
  • Press Coverage

    Listen here to Polly's Interview with Ed Vaizey on Times Radio 
     
    UKAHT - In conversation with Polly Townsend 
     
     
         Countrylife - In conversation with Carla Passino
     
       Review from Jamie Anderson, Director of APPG for Polar Regions
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