Meet the American artist who braves Finland's freezing temperatures to paint portraits on giant floating blocks of ice in the Baltic Sea

David Popa, 29, creates the giant portraits by swimming out to sea in the freezing water and using charcoal and soil in a spray can to paint the surface of huge blocks of ice.

Each portrait has to be created in around four hours as the ice floats would invariably either sink or float away.

David's 'Fractured' series, pictured, came with many challenges as he had to create them in the middle of the freezing Finnish winter.

David, who is originally from New York, but now lives in Espoo, Finland said: "Initially it was a huge paradigm shift for me to convince myself that it was even possible and safe.

"I actually practiced for two winters before starting on these, it only works at almost exactly zero degrees."

This past winter the conditions were perfect and he was able to complete his project.

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