Merryn Connelly-Miller

06. Polar Bears

Illustration
2021
Gouache, Wax Pastel
From the series "Dream Home"

“Polar bears rely on the ice to freeze over every year in order to survive, a process which is being threatened by climate change. The precarious nature of this "home" is reminiscent of the housing crisis in Toronto, in which a lack of affordable permanent housing keeps many in precarious and inadequate shelter, without access to necessary resources like sanitation and warmth.”

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Polar Bears
Polar Bears

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Merryn Connelly-Miller

Illustration

“My thesis, Dream Home, examines the human conception of “home” by looking at the various ways that other species in nature construct their homes, in order to emphasize that access to adequate housing...” [More]