Log Piles, 2026

Both literal and abstract, these works examine the visual and material structure of industrial timber piles found at mill yards and forestry sites. The series includes photographs, canvas works produced through a relief printing process, and sculptural stacks made from the same printed log sections.

The process-driven canvas works are created by cutting thin sections of logs and inking the freshly exposed surface. Each cut end is printed directly onto stretched canvas, recording the growth rings of the tree along with the marks left by the chainsaw. Individual impressions are assembled into close-cropped compositions that correspond to the visible end of a timber pile. While the arrangements may repeat across works, each print remains unique, produced from a different section of a tree.

Many of the canvases begin with a dyed ground in bright industrial colors commonly found in forestry — reds, pinks, and other high-visibility tones used for flagging tape, lumber markers, and site designation. The printed impressions appear in black, and the surrounding areas are painted out afterwards to modify or simplify the composition.

If Anything Goes, This Goes, (Safety Pink) 2026
Acrylic, Ink, and Polymer on Canvas
67 × 67 in.

Photographic studies accompany these works. Printed as archival inkjet photographs or as aluminum-mounted prints, they show wider views of the sites where timber is stored and processed. Industrial machinery, enormous stacks of logs, and the spatial scale of the yards become visible, situating the formal works within their original environment.

Detail:
Williams Lake mill site
Timber storage yard, 2014

It just goes on and on, Log Pile, Wgite D-12, 2026
Acrylic and ink on canvas
39 × 134 in.

It was your word against mine, Log Pile, Grey B, 2026
Acrylic and ink on canvas
53 × 67 in.

Log Pile A-1, Red, 2026
Acrylic and Ink on Canvas
36 x 36 in.

Log Pile A-2, Red, 2026
Acrylic and Ink on Canvas
36 x 36 in.

Conflict resolution red, Log Pile, Red B, 2026
Acrylic and ink on canvas
53 × 67 in.

The sculptural works extend this process into three dimensions. Log sections used as printing plates are stacked vertically on wooden pallets and coated entirely in black. The result is a dense cylindrical volume composed of loosely arranged timber slices — a condensed mass that echoes the structure of the larger piles from which the imagery is drawn.

Log Pile K-14, Black, 2026
Kiln-dried spruce, Steel fasteners, Douglas fir, Gesso, Ink

24 × 24 × 43.5 in (W × D × H)
61 × 61 × 110 cm (W × D × H)

Twin Sisters G-2, Black, 2026
Hemlock Logs, Gesso, Ink

24 × 14 × 96 in (W × D × H)

Detail:
Williams Lake mill site
Timber storage yard, Truck unloading, 2014

Clearcut, Grey, Red, 2026
Acrylic and ink on canvas
36 x 40 in.

Lone Soldier, 2026
Inkjet on Archival Paper
20 x 20 in
Signed edition of 100

Pile, Mt. Washington, Cat-R-12, 2025
Dibond on aluminum
20 x 20 in