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What are Geoscapes?

Concerning the acrylic paintings presented here, each Geoscape image that emerges have two items of some uniqueness. First, there is always some detail shown about the geology of the scene. For example, it could be a fracture pattern in the rock, a distinctive layering related to stratigraphy, a special rock type, or a landform showing some affect of glaciation or erosion. Second, each painting has a geologic story without which the painting is just a painting. An essay accompanies each acrylic painting on what the significance of the scene implies relative to geologic history and the evolution of the landform. Thus, these paintings are geologic landscapes or landmarks. Vegetation sometimes obscures views of interesting geologic landforms, so vegetation is limited in some paintings. Also, I try to avoid showing any change related to man’s occupation of the land. Thus, the paintings have a strong environmental and pre-historic theme. The initial sequence, shown in March 2000, of Geoscapes was mainly from the Okanagan Valley of southern British Columbia, Canada. Included were images of Banff National Park, Christopher Lake in northern Saskatchewan, Wells Gray Park in central British Columbia, and some seascapes from the west coast of British Columbia as well as the Cayman Islands in the British West Indies. All of these paintings are acrylic, mainly on canvas

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