Expeditionary Artist Maria Coryell-Martin (Seattle, WA) paints polar and glaciated regions around the world, working with scientists and local communities to witness and record climate change. Coryell-Martin has painted in Antarctica, Greenland, and SE Alaska, following the tradition of artists such as Emily Carr in British Columbia and Edward Wilson in Antarctica, Through art, she seeks to raise awareness and appreciation for the role of ice worldwide.

In the field, Coryell-Martin paints with ink, watercolor and gouache media (adding vodka to her paints to lower their freezing point) to build her palette of place: a vocabulary of color, climate, and stories. Home in the studio, she develops her field work with oil and watercolor media to share with the public through exhibits, presentations, and workshops. Coryell-Martin's project, "Portraits of Ice, Witnessing Climate Change through Art," is formally recognized by the International Polar Year as project #1182. To learn more about her work, please visit: www.expeditionaryart.com.