Left of Hunker (2015) MonetOil on canvas20 x 24 in A winding trail bends through the late winter forest the snow thinning, earth exposed, and colour rising again from beneath. Deep violets and blues meet rust and ember tones along the path, capturing that brief, charged moment when the land shifts from winters hold toward spring. Exhibition History Homestay, Old Fire Hall, Whitehorse, 2017 ProvenanceArtists Studio
Painted after Dawson’s beloved swimming hole was washed away in the high spring runoff
The painting sits inside that contradiction
The surrounding landscape dissolves into shifting strokes of violet
The painting captures that fleeting moment when the river recedes just enough to reveal the choreography of land underneath
The work confronts the uneasy boundary between observer and observed — the moment when looking becomes contact
pulling the eye — and the figure — toward a place just out of reach
aggression
The painting captures the brief moment when decay becomes celebration — when the end of the season feels weightless
Sharp branches and shifting ice give the scene its energy
and a little mischievous
A tangled wall of branches and logs holds back the current
while the bold brushwork brings warmth into an otherwise brittle season
