Submerged

Bringing the cool chill of Russian winters to the tropical heat of Sydney's busy streets, Maxim paints a massive polar bear submerged in Arctic waters. A bit of world contemplation to your morning latte. "The piece is about contrast," he explains, "with the world temperatures rising, and the hottest summers ever recorded, I thought a polar bear swimming through the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean to be an apt thought for contemplation on both the direction our environment is going in, and a fresh reminder of what we are hoping for on a hot summer day."