Northern Romance (2023) Landscape

Northern Romance (2023) LandscapeOil on canvas30 x 40 in A raucous Dawson bar scene collapses into chaos humour, aggression, bravado, and fear all competing in the same split second. Exaggerated faces and jagged gestures push the scene to the edge of the surreal, capturing the volatile psychology of northern nightlife. Theres an instinctive echo of Goyas late works here: not in imitation, but in the way distortion exposes truth. Exhibition History Of This Place, The Old Fire Hall,

A wild tangle of late-season undergrowth crowns a ridge of pale rock — not winter

the house — all captured in a haze of heat

building fronts

In Spring Gathering

A surreal meeting of eras: a reclining stone-like figure watches as a canoe of voyageurs fights upriver

the terrain built from thick

turning new leaves almost electric against the lingering coolness of the water

emotive strokes

the geometric rhythm of the buildings contrasting with the simple domestic ritual in the foreground

the two panels forming one continuous surge of colour and motion: growth

• Metamorphosis

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