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.
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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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7-FSG-2026
Acrylic on naturally fractured wood
Completed - Spring 2026
Dimensions - 5 7/8 × 7 1/4 in (base × height)
Acquired - Spring 2025 · 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
Rugged Ravine gathers around a narrow blue channel descending through the central grain. Dense green passages climb on either side, turning the interior fracture into a forested valley held between steep ridgelines. Layered bark folds around the painted terrain, creating the sense that the landscape is enclosed within the timber rather than placed upon it.
From opposing views, the channel shifts between waterfall, distant river and fissure. Selective colour follows the descending seam while the surrounding bark and exposed wood remain legible, allowing the natural fracture to govern the composition.
Rugged Ravine was acquired in spring 2025 from existing private stock in Kimberley. The material was gifted after its original recovery; its harvest date, recovery location, recovery authorization, species and fracture event were not documented. Because specimen-level provenance and chain of custody cannot be established, the work remains within Genesis.
The work also became an early exterior-consolidation study. Matte medium was applied selectively to vulnerable bark and exposed timber, retaining delaminating layers without reshaping or cosmetically normalizing the natural geometry.
Available [EARLY STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHS] document the fragment only after acquisition, during its initial development.
The work was completed using craft-grade acrylic, an isolation coat, matte spray finish and selectively applied gloss and matte media.