FRACTURE-SCAPES REVELATORY FINE ARTEst. 2026
Thomas Farmer
[CV]
PO BOX 703 Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada
studio@fracturescapes.art
THE LIVING FRACTURE
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 rather than design the composition. The fracture remains the governing form and a participant in authorship.
PRESERVED FORM, PAINTED INTERPRETATION
Interpretation remains confined to naturally fractured surfaces. Unaffected 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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DEADWOOD BLUFF
3-FSG-2026
GENESIS STATUS
Completed: Spring 2026
Archive classification: Developmental Genesis work
Collection status: Internal, non-commercial
Custody: Studio archive
Commercial status: Not offered for acquisition
Current-standard field identity: None
PROVENANCE
Recovered: February 2026
Recovery location: Leased land near Diamond Valley, Alberta
Source: Deadwood recovered during firewood salvage
Recovery authority: Leaseholder permission; no timber permit claimed
Recorded elevation: Approximately 1,288 m
Species: Unidentified deciduous
Cause of fracture: Undetermined; material was already dead and substantially decayed
OBJECT
Dimensions: 2 3/4 in base width × 4 in height
Materials: Craft-grade acrylic, isolation coat, matte spray, selective gloss and matte medium on naturally fractured timber
Borate treatment: None
Base preparation: Lightly sanded; otherwise unfinished
Certificate of Authenticity mat: Early-production fitted leather mat
Conservation return: Not applicable — non-commercial Genesis work
CATALOGUE NOTE
Deadwood Bluff was recovered as a small, substantially decayed fragment whose nearly circular growth-ring section and irregular fracture were initially considered unsuitable for painting. Its limited scale ultimately became the work’s defining constraint.
Painted peaks descend through gold and green toward a narrow turquoise channel. The surrounding weathered material remains visibly distinct from the interpreted fracture, preserving the tension between decomposition, anatomical structure and the completed landscape.
Although several earlier works remained unfinished, Deadwood Bluff became the third completed Fracture-Scape. Its advanced decay and treatment history made it an early test of the practice’s preservation limits and contributed to the later refinement of studio materials and finishing methods.
DOCUMENTATION
No photographs are known to exist of the object in its original recovery position. The available early studio image records a black craft-acrylic base coat with grey craft-acrylic dry-brushing before the painted interpretation was developed further.
EARLY STUDIO DOCUMENTATION