Tailing Pond (2018) Traditional

Tailing Pond (2018) TraditionalOil on canvas 24 x 30 in Painted on the edge of thaw, where early spring light hits the water and color begins to stir in the landscape. Sharp branches and shifting ice give the scene its energy, while the bold brushwork brings warmth into an otherwise brittle season. ProvenanceArtists Studio

and violet

Light filters through twisting limbs and thick growth

A lone figure walks ahead

The warmth of the background and the cool precision of the bones heighten the tension between life and death

There’s a cinematic intimacy in the way this piece opens outward from within

blasting the entire hillside into a vivid

and the raw power of the land

wonder overhead

their branches arching overhead in a canopy of gold

blurring the line between objectification and self-possession

antlers cutting through the current as the herd pushes toward the safety of the opposite bank

A line of caribou fights the river’s icy pull