PO BOX 703 Black Diamond,
Alberta, Canada
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 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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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 BY NATURE 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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The ongoing collection preserving Fracture-Scaping’s origins and continuing exploration. Genesis includes formative experiments and fully resolved works whose provenance falls outside By Nature requirements. Each work is documented according to its history and encountered on its own artistic merits.
[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]
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]
The collection of completed Fracture-Scapes satisfying the full By Nature provenance requirements and current artistic and material methodology. Each work connects its documented source landscape, recovery history and studio record to a continuing conservation commitment.
First works currently in development.