PO Box 703, Black Diamond,
Alberta, Canada, T0L 0H0
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.
PROVENANCE AND STEWARDSHIP
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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1-FSG-2024
Acrylic on naturally fractured wood
Completed - Fall 2024
Dimensions - 9 1/8 × 5 1/4 in (base × height)
Acquired - Summer 2024 · near [Kimberley, British Columbia]
Authorization - Wood gifted by previous custodian
Expedition Data - No expedition record
Landscape Context - East Kootenay Interior Douglas-fir forest
Conservation Contribution - N/A (NFS)
Stewardship Context - TBA
Snow-Capped Expanse rises from a deeply divided timber section as an enclosure of ascending ridges and open channels. Pale upper faces suggest snow-covered peaks, while green, ochre and rust-coloured passages gather across the lower slopes. A narrow blue line follows the fractures near the base, introducing the impression of water moving through the terrain.
Viewed from different angles, its voids shift between gorge, basin and passage. Exposed wood, dark exterior bark and irregular separations remain visible throughout, allowing the original fracture to govern both the structure of the landscape and the spaces within it.
Snow-Capped Expanse is the founding work of Fracture-Scaping. During its development, resin was considered as a means of filling the channels between the projecting forms but was deliberately rejected. That decision established a foundational principle of the practice: the fracture’s voids and irregularities would remain materially present rather than being filled or cosmetically normalized. The Certificate of Authenticity mat has not yet been created.
The work predates the current Fracture-Scapes by Nature provenance, stabilization and archival-material standards. It was acquired from existing private stock, and no in situ recovery photographs or contemporaneous field notes are known to survive. Its precise source location, recovery date and fracture event therefore remain undocumented.
The available record preserves its acquisition history, object photography, dimensions, materials and continuing condition. These limitations are retained openly as part of the Genesis developmental record.