Golden Inclusion (2021) Plein Air

Golden Inclusion (2021) Plein AirOil on canvas30 x 40 in Bright yellow leaves scatter across fresh snow, warming the forest floor while the tall trunks stand in cool shadow. The scene holds the exact moment when autumn gives way to winter neither season complete, both still present. The painting captures transition without drama, just the quiet clarity of change. Exhibition History Reflections, The Old Fire Hall, Whitehorse, 2023 ProvenanceArtists Studio

while sharp strokes of driftwood and willow branches anchor the scene in the Yukon floodplain

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

the presence still here

The children

and a little mischievous

but continuity: the body gone

saturated pigments

The structure appears both modest and iconic — a human imprint nearly absorbed by the land that surrounds it

thick with heat and late-day light

There’s a poetry in the ordinary

40 x 30 in

Oil on canvas40 × 30 in