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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9-FSG-2026
Acrylic on naturally fractured wood
Completed - Summer 2026
Dimensions - 5 3/4 × 5 3/8 in (base x height)
Recovered - June 6, 2026 · [Ware Creek, Kananaskis Country, Alberta]
Authorization - [LTP4626012]
Expedition Data - [EXPEDITION 1.1, 2026]
Landscape Context - Eastern Kananaskis foothills
Conservation Contribution - N/A (NFS)
Stewardship Context - [CPAWS Southern Alberta]
Autumn Vantage rises from a compact, heavily ridged fracture whose alternating peaks and recesses carry the eye across the work like a compressed mountain range. Warm yellow, orange and green passages suggest an autumn forest, while a narrow turquoise channel threads through the central terrain and a pale elevated form interrupts the horizon.
Viewed from the opposing side, the fracture becomes steeper and more austere. Exposed wood and black gesso frame the painted planes, allowing the work to shift between intimate forest detail and the impression of a distant, weathered landscape. The composition remains governed by the recovered form: colour reveals the terrain already present rather than redesigning it.
9-FSG retains a documented connection to its June 6 recovery through the Expedition 1 record, recorded Site 1 location and associated authorization. Because the fragment was not photographed separately before removal, its provenance is supported by documentation of the source structure and recovery setting rather than an in situ image of the fragment itself. Its placement in Genesis reflects its treatment history, not an absence of documented origin.