The Roots of Chickamin Glacier

Watercolor, Colored Pencil, Conte, and Acrylic, 16” x 20”, 2023

This painting is a landscape depicting the Chickamin Glacier on the north slope of Sinister Peak and the northeast side of Dome Peak in the North Cascades. This piece is based on a 2001 photograph by Tom Hammond, who has worked for decades towards conservation efforts in the North Cascade and Olympic Mountains. The Chickamin wraps around several peaks and funnels into a valley, and I wanted to show how Tom’s photograph magnificently captures the span of this landscape from the peaks to the valley floor: the roots of this landscape.

To see the changing size of the Chicakamin Glacier since 1979, check out my Instagram post about this piece.