After the Flooding (2023) Bison Skull

After the Flooding (2023) Bison SkullOil on canvas 30 x 40 in Painted after Dawsons beloved swimming hole was washed away in the high spring runoff. The force of the river is felt through urgent, gestural movement, recording the landscape in a moment of violent change. Exhibition History Reflections, The Old Fire Hall, Whitehorse, 2023 Provenance Artists Studio

hair trailing like roots

A solitary figure sits on a bench beneath them

The painting confronts the violence of abandonment — not in the moment of death

where fading light warms the forest floor and the trail winds into stillness

and fear all competing in the same split-second

but in the way distortion exposes truth

A vibrant field of thistles bursts into bloom beneath a soft sky

yet the rider and horse continue forward with quiet determination

A study of late-season stillness on the river

Painted during the brief autumn window when the Klondike catches fire with colour before the first snow settles in

thick with heat and late-day light

The scene holds the exact moment when autumn gives way to winter — neither season complete