Patagonia (2010) Northern Canada

Patagonia (2010) Northern CanadaOil on canvas (diptych)48 62 in A sweeping vision of the Patagonian Andes rendered in two panels, where glacial blues collide with exposed volcanic rock. The diptych divides not just the canvas but the forces of the landscape itself ice against stone, erosion against uplift, serenity against volatility. Halin captures the monumental scale and explosive geology of Patagonia with bold, architectural brushwork and a colour palette that shifts between

but in the moment of being forgotten

20 x 24 in

when immense sheets of ice collide and fracture at the base of the towering cliffs

confident strokes of yellow

Painted during Halin’s earlier years in Argentina

this piece holds the stillness of waiting — and the sense that the next departure is always just around the bend

wonder overhead

Painted during Halin’s early years in Patagonia

suggesting not decay

The painting captures transition without drama

holding the moment in a dreamlike equilibrium

where landscape turns into energy