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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[BY NATURE GALLERY]
[GENESIS GALLERY]
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[PHILOSOPHY]
[CONSERVATION]
[METHODOLOGY]
[EXPEDITIONS]
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[REGISTRY INDEX] Fracture-Scapes Registry
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Fracture-Scaping is a contemporary, place-based fine-art practice in which naturally found wood fractures are preserved as ecological artifacts, with their expressive fracture planes chromatically interpreted as landscapes. Under the current By Nature standard, specimens are legally and ethically recovered from documented source landscapes
The practice preserves each work’s available connection to its source. By Nature works require documented geographic provenance and chain of custody. When a work is sold commercially, 10% of its gross sale price is returned to conservation groups whose work directly supports its source ecology.
Working across painting, found natural material and sculptural object-making, the practice treats each fracture’s existing geometry as a form of shared authorship: the artist may interpret what the artifact offers but may not redesign its expressive form.
NATURE IS MY ARCHITECT; I AM ITS REVELATOR.
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[GENESIS GALLERY]
The developmental collection in which Fracture-Scaping was discovered, tested and refined. Genesis preserves the practice’s formative works while remaining open to continued study, experimentation and reflection.
[1-FSG-2024]
[2-FSG-2025]
[3-FSG-2026]
[4-FSG-2026]
[5-FSG-2026]
[6-FSG-2026]
[7-FSG-2026]
[8-FSG-2026]
[9-FSG-2026]
[10-FSG-2026]
[11-FSG-2026]
[12-FSG-2026]
[13-FSG-2026]
[14-FSG-2026]
EXPEDITIONS
The field journeys through which potential Fracture-Scapes are discovered. Together, they connect the practice to its source landscapes and reveal the naturally found artifacts entering studio development.
[Expedition 1 | Alberta | June 2026]
[Expedition 2 | Alberta | August 2026]
[Expedition 3 | Alberta | August 2026]
[BY NATURE GALLERY]
The forward-facing collection representing the current formal standard of Fracture-Scaping. Works enter this collection only after interpretation is resolved and all field, studio, provenance and authorship criteria have been satisfied.
First works currently in development.