Environment Driving Art and the Converse?

I was flying over Greenland this summer and was shocked by the amount of land uncovered by ice, shown in the picture below. Now, a few weeks later, I have just finished a largish mixed media piece, also shown here. The latter, which I call Terrain, seems related to the former, but appears, perhaps through a subconscious wish, to indicate more ice/snow. Would that a wish could make it so.

Way too much land visible here.

Terrain, mixed media, aluminum mesh, acrylic on canvas 40" x 60"