Artistic Process My process is about controlling uncertainty: finding clarity inside disruption. I discovered this method by accident. One late-November evening I was painting a figurative work outdoors, unhappy with the result and losing the light. Before packing up, I threw a piece of ice at the canvas. It shattered across the oil paint, and the crystals left patterns of disruption I could never have planned. I added more ice and paint and left the canvas in my studio to dry. The result amazed me. Trial and error turned that moment of frustration into a method. Today I work outdoors and alone, laying large canvases on the forest floor. I carry ice shavings from a local hockey rink in a cooler, spray oil-based aerosol paint onto the canvas, and use the ice as a tool to build the surface. Each painting begins with a concept: form, colour, and the play of light and dark that creates the illusion of texture. Then I let nature interfere. Drops of paint hang from ice crystals, and the cold keeps them wet until they touch the canvas. I smash snow onto the surface to break up any pattern, so no composition repeats. The painting dries in the warm forest air, I see the finished surface for the first time at the end. It often resembles topographical mountains or star nebulas. Each work is paired with a poem I seek out. The result is a physical record of the balance between intention and chance.