CONTEMPORARY ART STOCKROOM Annika Romeyn
Falljokull
2025, watercolour monotype on paper, framed, 76cm x 56cm
"In my practice, I aim to evoke a sense of place, and to convey the humbling and restorative experience of walking in nature. Monotype allows me to combine additive brushwork and subtractive finger-marks, embedding care and value in the environments I depict, though time and touch.
This watercolour monotype print is my first response to Falljökull, or ‘falling glacier’, a tongue of Iceland’s largest glacier, Vatnajökull. In 2024 I spent an impactful day hiking on Falljökull in torrential rain. Carefully navigating crevasses and moulins below the sharp compressions and deformations of the icefall, I was aware of my own vulnerability, and even more so, the vulnerability of the glacier – its accelerating retreat caused by climate change. I am still struggling to find the visual language and colour to adequately convey the memory of ice, and the confluence of rain and meltwater cascading between my feet."
This watercolour monotype print is my first response to Falljökull, or ‘falling glacier’, a tongue of Iceland’s largest glacier, Vatnajökull. In 2024 I spent an impactful day hiking on Falljökull in torrential rain. Carefully navigating crevasses and moulins below the sharp compressions and deformations of the icefall, I was aware of my own vulnerability, and even more so, the vulnerability of the glacier – its accelerating retreat caused by climate change. I am still struggling to find the visual language and colour to adequately convey the memory of ice, and the confluence of rain and meltwater cascading between my feet."
Artwork to scale in-situ on 3.7m wall
