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Fracture-Scaping begins with naturally found wood fractures. I read their ridges, recesses, and planes as fields of landscape possibility, using chromatic interpretation to reveal a composition guided by the fracture. The fracture remains the governing form and a participant in authorship.
PRESERVED FORM, PAINTED INTERPRETATION
Interpretation remains confined to naturally fractured surfaces. Unfractured exterior wood and bark are preserved, and expressive fracture geometry is not mechanically reshaped. Minimal preparation is permitted only on the horizontal base plane when required for stable presentation.
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The practice preserves each work’s available connection to its source, while By Nature works require documented geographic provenance and chain of custody.
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10-FSG-2026
Acrylic on naturally fractured wood
Completed - Summer 2026
Dimensions - 5 1/2 x 17 1/4 in (base x height)
Recovered - April 5, 2026 · near [Lois Creek, Kimberley, British Columbia]
Authorization: No permit or written recovery authorization documented
Expedition Data - No expedition record
Landscape Context - East Kootenay Interior Douglas-fir forest
Conservation Contribution - N/A (NFS)
Stewardship Context - TBA
Restless Cataract rises through a tall, deeply divided fracture whose open grain and central void give the work an unusual sense of scale. A continuous blue watercourse descends through the interior terrain toward a pool at the base, while long grain becomes forest and grassland and the vertical shears suggest cliffs, escarpments and elevated ground.
Existing boreholes, recesses and structural interruptions remain visible within the composition. Rather than concealing them, the interpretation incorporates these features as openings and breaks in the landscape, allowing the recovered form to continue governing the work.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE
Restless Cataract was recovered as detached timber debris near a commercial logging area outside Kimberley. It was the first Genesis work to closely anticipate the material preparation and treatment methods later associated with the By Nature collection, including controlled drying, borate treatment, exterior consolidation and archival finishing.
The work remains in the Genesis collection because written recovery authorization and a complete documented chain of custody were not established.
The material was treated on June 12, 2026 with an approximately 7% solution of disodium octaborate tetrahydrate. The finished work consists of gesso and heavy-body acrylic on naturally fractured timber, protected with an isolation coat, matte varnish and selectively applied gloss and matte mediums.
The surviving [field and studio photographs] document the detached debris field in which the material was found and the work during its early studio assessment.