Pacha Mama II (2025) metamorphosis

Pacha Mama II (2025) metamorphosisOil on canvas30 40 in A nude female figure lies half buried in a churned landscape of earth and debris, her body pushed forward by the advance of a bulldozer in the distance. The composition draws a direct parallel between industrial disturbance and the violation of the land itself the human form becoming landscape, and the landscape becoming flesh. It is a raw condemnation of environmental exploitation, painted without euphemism or restraint.

Painted after Dawson’s beloved swimming hole was washed away in the high spring runoff

Oil on hardboard20 × 24 in

Oil on canvas (diptych)48 × 62 in

The painting holds stillness and confidence at once

and the earth itself exposed

Oil on canvas32 x 32 in

but as a physical assault on the living world

antlers cutting through the current as the herd pushes toward the safety of the opposite bank

creating a rhythm of colour and shadow that blurs the boundary between falling

this piece captures the quiet tension between motion and pause in the changing season

capturing the volatile psychology of northern nightlife

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