Needle Ice (2023) Bison Head

Needle Ice (2023) Bison HeadOil on canvas36 x 48 in Painted along the Yukon River during spring breakup, when immense sheets of ice collide and fracture at the base of the towering cliffs. The sharp geometry of the ice floes contrasts with the warm rock face, capturing the raw force and fleeting beauty of the melt. Exhibition History Reflections, The Old Fire Hall, Whitehorse, 2023 ProvenanceArtists Studio

Old Fire Hall

but the rhythm and density of life layered into the landscape

A dusty street

emotive strokes

The steep cliffs and burned treeline rise behind them — Yukon wilderness at its most unforgiving and beautiful

Industrial barrels leak around her

capturing that brief

Oil on hardboard

Cool light skims across frozen plates while deep currents flare with rust and violet

just the quiet clarity of change

The painting holds the sensation of walking between two worlds — one grounded in earth

but the raw geology of the forest floor revealed beneath the collapse of autumn growth