Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print
Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print

Captive Reflections | Polar Bear Art Print

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At first glance, this polar bear stands in stillness—powerful, solitary, untouchable. The water beneath her offers a near-perfect mirror, doubling her presence and her weight in the world.

But here’s the truth: she was photographed in captivity.

You wouldn’t know it. There are no bars. No fences. Just a bear and her reflection. And that’s what stopped me.

Captive Reflections explores the quiet tension between what we see and what is real. Polar bears have become symbols of climate change, but many also live confined lives in zoos and wildlife parks—ambassadors for a species struggling in the wild. This piece asks a harder question: What does survival look like? And at what cost?

When you bring Captive Reflections into your home, you’re not just adding a striking work of art—you’re standing in support of Arctic conservation and the protection of wild places where bears truly belong.

This is a piece for those who care about the full story.
For those willing to look twice.
For those who believe wildlife deserves more than survival—it deserves freedom.

Bring her home. Let her reflection remind you what’s at stake.

Conservation Corner: Polar bears are classified as Vulnerable, with sea ice loss from climate change posing the greatest threat to their survival. They rely on sea ice to hunt seals—their primary food source. As the Arctic warms, that ice forms later and melts earlier each year.

While some polar bears live in accredited zoos as educational ambassadors, true conservation means protecting the Arctic ecosystem itself. Safeguarding sea ice, reducing carbon emissions, and supporting science-based wildlife policy are critical to ensuring polar bears remain wild—not just symbolic.

A portion of proceeds from this piece supports wildlife and environmental conservation efforts dedicated to protecting species like the polar bear and the fragile habitats they depend on.

Because reflections are powerful.
But preservation is essential.

Reference Photo used with permission by Krisztina Lencses

Standard shipping is FREE for all orders shipped within the US. Orders that are not upgraded typically ship via USPS.

Production times prior to shipping are as follows:

  • Unframed Prints: 3-4 business days
  • Unframed Canvases: 3-4 business days
  • Framed Prints: 3-5 business days
  • Framed Canvases: 3-5 business days
  • Originals: 3-5 business days

Once your order has shipped, tracking information will be emailed to the email address provided in your order.

Art is shipped in the following manner:

  • Paper Prints: 11x14 paper prints and smaller are mailed inside cardboard stay-flat envelopes. Prints larger than 11x14 are rolled and mailed inside mailing tubes to prevent damage. 
  • Stretched Canvas: Shipped in a protective plastic layer, and sealed in a corrugated box.
  • Framed Prints and Canvases: Wrapped in bubble wrap and boxed carefully with protection on corners. Sealed in a corrugated box.

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Artwork Options

Paper Prints

Printed on high-quality, archival grade, acid-free, 100% cotton rag inkjet paper.

  • 330 gsm, 17 mil thickness
  • High color gamut, black density, and D-Max for high contrast in both B&W and color reproduction prints.
  • Light texture, so as to not overpower the artwork.
  • Printed with full bleed (no border)

Paper Print Framed

Paper prints can be framed without a mat in sizes 11"x14" through 40"x50". We offer four standard colors: white, black, light wood and espresso. If you're looking for another color, please let us know and we can see if we can accommodate. Frames add approximately 1.75"to the overall dimensions of the artwork.

Paper Print w/ Mat Framed

This option is currently being rolled out. If you don't see it as an option and are interested, please contact us.

Paper prints framed with a mat provides a finished look to your artwork. Mat-boards are white and come with a 45 degree bevel. Mat widths vary depending on the size of the print and will be added to the overall dimensions, in addition to the 1.75" for the frame. Size options and final dimensions of the artwork are as follows:

  • 11"×14" w/ 2” mat (Approx. 16.75" x 19.75" total)
  • 16"x20" w/ 2.5” mat (Approx. 22.75" x 26.75" total)
  • 18"x24" w/ 3” mat (Approx. 25.75" x 31.75" total)
  • 24"x30" w/ 3" mat (Approx. 31.75" x 37.75" total)
  • 30"x40" w/ 3.5” mat (Approx. 38.75" x 48.75" total)

STRETCHED CANVAS

  • Printed on thick archival grade canvas with eco-solvent inks
  • Canvas arrive with finished sides wrapped around 1.5" thick solid wood stretcher bars so it's ready to hang
  • Fade resistant for over 100 years
  • Ready to hang with appropriate hardware

STRETCHED CANVAS FRAMED

Framed gallery wrapped canvases feature a thick, archival-grade polycotton-mix canvas that is carefully hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars, then attached to a wood floater frame.The depth of the frames is 1.5" and the face is .625".

  • Available Sizes: 11"x14" to 40"x50"

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