Bachelor Cornice 22-23 18" x 24"
• 1.25″ (3.18 cm) thick poly-cotton blend canvas
• Canvas fabric weight: 10.15 +/- 0.74 oz./yd.² (344 g/m² +/- 25g/m²)
• Fade-resistant
• Hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars
• Mounting brackets included
• Blank product sourced from the US, Canada, Europe, UK, or Australia
This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!
ORIGINAL IS AVAILABLE - $8,500
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
“My fascination by this part of the mountain has led me to documenting this particular cornice as a subject for several years. These paintings represent the past 2 winter seasons' observations.
We have been skiing at Mt Bachelor as a season pass holder since 1992 but I was a frequent visitor many years prior. In high school and later during spring break from Montana State University to bring my friends from Bridger Bowl here and launch off this cornice became an annual tradition and a memorable experience for all of us. A rite of passage so to speak was to drop this volcanic feature and hold on to your speed for the run out. Watching my son Lucas, his friends and the other local kids gather the courage to hit this thing and now witnessing them spinning off it has been another part of my alpine life for the past 30 years. The cornice, a drift of blown snow is almost like a living entity on Mt. Bachelor as it has a life that begins and ends, it appears in the same place every year but it's always different and by the middle or end of summer it has melted or fallen off the ridge and disappears. Sometimes it has layers of windblown volcanic ash visible similar to growth rings on a tree stump or the textures of water ice from a particularly aggressive maritime-like storm that roared over the coast range, across the Willamette valley and slammed into the west ridge of the summit building a predictable but unique alpine structure every year. When it becomes dangerously over-hanging or is loaded, perched above the bowl precariously, ski patrol will 'trim' the growth and huge blocks can litter the slope below for curious skiers to inspect and gauge themselves against for scale.
As the season progresses, from town or the chairlift, as a resident or visitor, I encourage you to notice this intriguing part of Mt Bachelor, to watch it grow and shrink, change and eventually disappear and to perhaps become aware of other consistent yet perpetually changing natural phenomenon wherever you live or roam.”
• 1.25″ (3.18 cm) thick poly-cotton blend canvas
• Canvas fabric weight: 10.15 +/- 0.74 oz./yd.² (344 g/m² +/- 25g/m²)
• Fade-resistant
• Hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars
• Mounting brackets included
• Blank product sourced from the US, Canada, Europe, UK, or Australia
This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!
ORIGINAL IS AVAILABLE - $8,500
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
“My fascination by this part of the mountain has led me to documenting this particular cornice as a subject for several years. These paintings represent the past 2 winter seasons' observations.
We have been skiing at Mt Bachelor as a season pass holder since 1992 but I was a frequent visitor many years prior. In high school and later during spring break from Montana State University to bring my friends from Bridger Bowl here and launch off this cornice became an annual tradition and a memorable experience for all of us. A rite of passage so to speak was to drop this volcanic feature and hold on to your speed for the run out. Watching my son Lucas, his friends and the other local kids gather the courage to hit this thing and now witnessing them spinning off it has been another part of my alpine life for the past 30 years. The cornice, a drift of blown snow is almost like a living entity on Mt. Bachelor as it has a life that begins and ends, it appears in the same place every year but it's always different and by the middle or end of summer it has melted or fallen off the ridge and disappears. Sometimes it has layers of windblown volcanic ash visible similar to growth rings on a tree stump or the textures of water ice from a particularly aggressive maritime-like storm that roared over the coast range, across the Willamette valley and slammed into the west ridge of the summit building a predictable but unique alpine structure every year. When it becomes dangerously over-hanging or is loaded, perched above the bowl precariously, ski patrol will 'trim' the growth and huge blocks can litter the slope below for curious skiers to inspect and gauge themselves against for scale.
As the season progresses, from town or the chairlift, as a resident or visitor, I encourage you to notice this intriguing part of Mt Bachelor, to watch it grow and shrink, change and eventually disappear and to perhaps become aware of other consistent yet perpetually changing natural phenomenon wherever you live or roam.”
• 1.25″ (3.18 cm) thick poly-cotton blend canvas
• Canvas fabric weight: 10.15 +/- 0.74 oz./yd.² (344 g/m² +/- 25g/m²)
• Fade-resistant
• Hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars
• Mounting brackets included
• Blank product sourced from the US, Canada, Europe, UK, or Australia
This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!
ORIGINAL IS AVAILABLE - $8,500
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
“My fascination by this part of the mountain has led me to documenting this particular cornice as a subject for several years. These paintings represent the past 2 winter seasons' observations.
We have been skiing at Mt Bachelor as a season pass holder since 1992 but I was a frequent visitor many years prior. In high school and later during spring break from Montana State University to bring my friends from Bridger Bowl here and launch off this cornice became an annual tradition and a memorable experience for all of us. A rite of passage so to speak was to drop this volcanic feature and hold on to your speed for the run out. Watching my son Lucas, his friends and the other local kids gather the courage to hit this thing and now witnessing them spinning off it has been another part of my alpine life for the past 30 years. The cornice, a drift of blown snow is almost like a living entity on Mt. Bachelor as it has a life that begins and ends, it appears in the same place every year but it's always different and by the middle or end of summer it has melted or fallen off the ridge and disappears. Sometimes it has layers of windblown volcanic ash visible similar to growth rings on a tree stump or the textures of water ice from a particularly aggressive maritime-like storm that roared over the coast range, across the Willamette valley and slammed into the west ridge of the summit building a predictable but unique alpine structure every year. When it becomes dangerously over-hanging or is loaded, perched above the bowl precariously, ski patrol will 'trim' the growth and huge blocks can litter the slope below for curious skiers to inspect and gauge themselves against for scale.
As the season progresses, from town or the chairlift, as a resident or visitor, I encourage you to notice this intriguing part of Mt Bachelor, to watch it grow and shrink, change and eventually disappear and to perhaps become aware of other consistent yet perpetually changing natural phenomenon wherever you live or roam.”