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2023 < All Sculptures 2023 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $1,800.00 Innocence Carolanne MacLean Innocence In the thoughtful pose of this piece, I am trying to capture the contemplative state of a young woman, loosely capturing the energy. Carolanne MacLean I feel I am working with energy, whether painting or sculpting. I am interested in the healing value of colour and the surprising beauty of the accidental mark, and intrigued by the very existence of our response to beauty. Carolanne MacLean was born in Toronto in 1949. She is a graduate with honours of the Ontario College of Art in Fine Art and has a B.A. from the University of Toronto. Her large encaustic abstract works are a study in light, colour and texture, sometimes involving the figure, often nonrepresentational. Her City Souls paintings capture moments, passing expressions on the faces around us. She pursues the beauty of the figure through a regular sculpture practice. Artist Contact Information Website : carolannemaclean.com Instagram: @ carolannemaclean Email : cmtoronto@pm.me Phone: 647-296-7259

Mary Anne Barkhouse was born in Vancouver, BC and belongs to the Nimpkish band, Kwakiutl First Nation. She is a descendant of a long line of internationally recognized Northwest Coast artists that includes Ellen Neel, Mungo Martin and Charlie James. She graduated with Honours from the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and has exhibited widely across Canada and the United States. Working with a variety of materials Barkhouse examines environmental concerns and Indigenous culture through the use of animal imagery. A member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Barkhouse’s work can be found in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, Mendel Art Gallery, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Art Bank of the Canada Council for the Arts, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Banff Centre for the Arts and the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. In addition she has public art installations at The Canadian Museum of History (Gatineau, QC), Carleton University (Ottawa, ON), Thunder Bay Art Gallery, McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, ON), University of Western Ontario (London, ON), McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Kleinberg, ON), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, ON), Macdonald Stewart Art Centre (Guelph, ON) Haliburton Sculpture Forest (Haliburton, ON) and the Millennium Walkway in Peterborough, Ontario. Barkhouse currently resides in the Haliburton Highlands of Ontario. < All Artists Mary Anne Barkhouse ABOUT SCULPTOR Artist Bio Mary Anne Barkhouse was born in Vancouver, BC and belongs to the Nimpkish band, Kwakiutl First Nation. She is a descendant of a long line of internationally recognized Northwest Coast artists that includes Ellen Neel, Mungo Martin and Charlie James. She graduated with Honours from the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and has exhibited widely across Canada and the United States. Working with a variety of materials Barkhouse examines environmental concerns and Indigenous culture through the use of animal imagery. A member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Barkhouse’s work can be found in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, Mendel Art Gallery, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Art Bank of the Canada Council for the Arts, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Banff Centre for the Arts and the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. In addition she has public art installations at The Canadian Museum of History (Gatineau, QC), Carleton University (Ottawa, ON), Thunder Bay Art Gallery, McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, ON), University of Western Ontario (London, ON), McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Kleinberg, ON), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, ON), Macdonald Stewart Art Centre (Guelph, ON) Haliburton Sculpture Forest (Haliburton, ON) and the Millennium Walkway in Peterborough, Ontario. Barkhouse currently resides in the Haliburton Highlands of Ontario. Artist Website Installed Sculptures Gelert Beaver Previous Sculpture Next Sculpture

2021 < All Sculptures 2021 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $3,500.00 Art of Noise Mark Puigmarti Art of Noise A sound sculpture that utilizes a chunk of structural steel destined for the scrap yard. The incredible mass of the metal gives it wonderful subdued resonance that you can feel when struck. Mark Puigmarti What seems like lifetimes ago I was refrigeration and HVAC mechanic. Working on commercial industrial gizmos that kept things or people warm or cold, while usually experiencing the polar opposite temperature of whatever it was I was trying to rectify. It is a respectable trade that many men and some women make a respectable living at. However, as much as I tried to make the piping arrangements visually pleasing, orderly, and followable there was something lacking. It just never quite clicked with my persistent dream to follow a more artistic path. One day about half way into a 25 year run at HVACR, I made it my mission to try and change what seemed truly unchangeable. Slowly with a long list of coincidences, happy accidents and a load of sacrifices, particularly by my supportive wife Chris, positive results started to accumulate in the intended direction of working with hot metal. This did indeed take 10 years of incremental progression to end up at the beginning of a new and completely unrecognizable life and style. It is not lost on me to grasp the sheer improbability to do that mid-career, in that career, or any for that matter. That cord was cut 14 years ago now." Artist Contact Information mark@sparkswillflyforge.ca sparkswillflyforge.ca Instagram: @sparkswillflyforge Facebook: @SparksWillFlyForge

Fraxinus americana < Back White Ash Ojibwe Name: aagimaak Scientific Name: Fraxinus americana Significance in Ojibwe Cultures: Used to prepare for pregnancy and to lessen the risk of miscarriage. Also used in shoes or around camps to deter rattlesnakes. Because of this, cradles are exclusively made from white ash. It is the type of tree that is the most resistant to lightning. How to Identify the Leaves: The tree reaches approximately 30 meters in height. Its' leaves are opposite (symmetrical) compound leaves with 5 to 9, typically 7, leaflets. Thy are dark green on top and very pale below, however, in the fall their leaves turn reddish-purple and leave a notched scar on the branch when they fall. Sources: Image: https://www.ontario.ca/page/white-ash How to Identify Tree: https://www.ontario.ca/page/white-ash < Back Next >

2024 < All Sculptures 2024 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $18,000.00 The Owl and the Pussycat George Pratt The Owl and The Pussycat This sculpture was created using salt and pepper granite. With a total weight of approximatley 1800lbs, this sculpture was created in British Columbia and transported across Canada to be exhibited in downtown Haliburton. George Pratt was inspired to carve this sculpture based on the poem "The Owl and the Pussycat" written by Edward Lear in 1871. George recited the poem when he was 10 years old and has never forgotten it. In this sculpture you will see many of the important elements of the poem. Can you spot the pea green boat, the honey jar, money and a small guitar? At the base of the sculpture you will see a plaque displaying the poem. George Pratt George Pratt is a professional stone sculptor who was initially introduced to the stone-carving arts by E.B. Cox in 1970. His works are carved in granite, marble, jade and other exotic ornamental stones of Canada. Having produced 25 annual shows beginning in 1972, his work is widely collected in North America by private individuals and corporations. Large works commissioned for public display include the Terry Fox Memorial, Coquitlam, B.C.; the Sedna Sculpture, Toronto. Ontario; The Builders, Calgary, Alberta; the Alaskan Veteran's Memorial; 'The Sundial', Sechelt, B.C. ‘Salmon River’ and ‘Rejuvenation’ sculptures in granite in Burnaby, British Columbia; and ‘The Emperor’s Sunrise’ a sculpture in jade shown at the British Columbia Canada Pavilion, 2008 Beijing Olympics. George has sculpted many presentation works for foreign dignitaries, notably HRH Prince Philip; the Honourable Mary Robinson, President, Republic of Ireland; the Honourable Kim Young Sam, President of the Republic of Korea; the Honourable Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines; President Boris Yeltsin, Russia and President William Clinton of the United States. He also has extensive teaching experience. George grew up in Haliburton and graduated from the Haliburton Highlands Secondary School. Artist Contact Information · Website: www.granitecarver.com · Email: granitecarver@gmail.com · Phone: 604-741-3316

Gord Peteran All Sculptures Passage Number on Map 38 Artist Gord Peteran Material Red Cedar Installation Date June 16, 2021 Learn About the Artist My artwork is fuelled by the historical decorative arts.Unlike most artists I’m not looking for “new”, but rather the very, very old.I’m interested in testing the boundaries of what we know and trust. Disrupting the iconography of culture slightly, either by altering their context or proximity, can destabilize assumptions and suggest ideas that seem both correct and wrong in the same moment. Doorways are thresholds of our buildings, and also represent the threshold of our anxieties.Two doorway openings placed apart to imply a room, stand as both sentinels and facilitators of flow and passage.A dining table, . . . with oars, placed between these frames suggests both the safe space of home and references to this rural location.A table implies gathering, and in many ways represents the core of the family.Are there directional implications to a dining table?Is it in any way mobile?Who propels the ideas discussed at dinner?Can they stagnate or change course? The emblems and events of summer at a lake cannot be underestimated.They become imbedded in our psyche for life.Perhaps because they are filled with moments of joy, of discovery, learning, curiosity and camaraderie, . . . (the conditions necessary for creativity). The new conditions our world now faces provide potential opportunities. This artwork’s references are vast, from global warming and migratory populations, to the intimate summer ponderings of a child.The swinging doors once hanging from the doorframes have long since disappeared with only vague remnants of each left visible.Visitors can freely pass into, through, and out of this scene, setting in motion their own transformative art moment. More Photos Previous Next

John Shaw-Rimmington All Sculptures Unity Gate Number on Map 24 Artist John Shaw-Rimmington Material Locally Quarried Granite Installation Date August 1, 2013 Learn About the Artist The Unity Gate is an archway and curling dry stone walls, made with locally quarried granite. It was designed by John Shaw-Rimmington and constructed by students of the 2013 Dry Stone Structures Course at Fleming College, Haliburton School of the Arts. More Photos Previous Next

2024 < All Sculptures 2024 Downtown Haliburton Sculpture Exhibition $2000.00 Red Woman Breanna Shanahan Red Woman This sculpture was created using forten cement and therapeutic bands. It stands 60 inches tall and is mounted on a treated steel cut base which is the shadow of the figure. This piece challenges objectified female bodies through a lens of sport and athleticism. Commonly in media, female figures are decapitated, focusing on their sexualization. Athletic therapeutic bands are used to make up gestural muscles in this piece. It sits confidently with chin up, composed only with appendages of action, reclaiming headlessness with hands resting crossed and feet relaxed. Like many of the objectified female figures we are used to, it is not about “who” this is, but rather about who it could be, allowing viewers to reflect on anatomy, physicality and dignity of such a body which is rarely exemplified. ~Breanna Shanahan~ Breanna Shanahan Breanna is a multi media artist and resides in Hamilton, Ontario. She graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours In Art and Art History and Crime and Psych. She attended Sheridan College of Arts and Design receiving a Diploma in Fine Arts. Breanna also graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal, QC. She has exhibited her work in numerous exhibitions across Canada, in the United States and in Austria. Breanna is a noted author and has presented at many conferences across Canada. Artist Contact Information Email : breshanahan@gmail.com Website : www.breannashanahan.com Instagram: @ breanna.sh anahan

Fraxinus nigra < Back Black Ash Ojibwe Name: baapaagimaak Scientific Name: Fraxinus nigra Significance in Ojibwe Cultures: --- How to Identify the Leaves: "A smaller tree with a narrow crown, it has light grey bark that is soft and cork-like when young, becoming scaly with age. Oval leaflets on a central stalk are deep green and hairless. Full leaves, as opposed to single leaflets, tend to drop in the fall." Sources: Translation: https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/baapaagimaak-na Image: https://www.ontario.ca/page/black-ash How to Identify Tree: https://www.ontario.ca/page/black-ash < Back Next >

Passage Gord Peteran Name of Sculpture: Passage Material: Red Cedar Description: Two doorframes face each other with a long dining room table sitting between them. Two oars attached to both table rest in the ground. Installation Date: June 16, 2021 Number on Map: 38 Go to Gallery Artist Statement: My artwork is fuelled by the historical decorative arts. Unlike most artists I’m not looking for “new”, but rather the very, very old. I’m interested in testing the boundaries of what we know and trust. Disrupting the iconography of culture slightly, either by altering their context or proximity, can destabilize assumptions and suggest ideas that seem both correct and wrong in the same moment. Doorways are thresholds of our buildings, and also represent the threshold of our anxieties. Two doorway openings placed apart to imply a room, stand as both sentinels and facilitators of flow and passage. A dining table, . . . with oars, placed between these frames suggests both the safe space of home and references to this rural location. A table implies gathering, and in many ways represents the core of the family. Are there directional implications to a dining table? Is it in any way mobile? Who propels the ideas discussed at dinner? Can they stagnate or change course? The emblems and events of summer at a lake cannot be underestimated. They become imbedded in our psyche for life. Perhaps because they are filled with moments of joy, of discovery, learning, curiosity and camaraderie, . . . (the conditions necessary for creativity). The new conditions our world now faces provide potential opportunities. This artwork’s references are vast, from global warming and migratory populations, to the intimate summer ponderings of a child. The swinging doors once hanging from the doorframes have long since disappeared with only vague remnants of each left visible. Visitors can freely pass into, through, and out of this scene, setting in motion their own transformative art moment. < Back to Sculptures

Youkie Stagg < Back Originally Published On: January 1, 2016 Originally Published By: Haliburton Echo Visionary: A Tribute to Sir Sanford Fleming Written By: Youkie Stagg Sir Sandford Fleming was born in 1827 in Scotland but later moved to Peterborough in 1845 with his older brother. Fleming made several major contributions to the Peterborough community as well as the rest of the world. His most notable achievement was the establishment of Universal Standard Time which he recommended to the Royal Canadian Institute in 1879 and was adopted universally in 1884. His other achievements include: his design of a prototype of in-line skates, the Foundation of the Royal Canadian Institute in Toronto, the Threepenny Beaver – Canada’s first adhesive postage stamp, a proposal for a railway line spanning “British North America,” a submarine cable that would connect all the nations of the British Empire by telegraph, appointed as Chief Engineer of the Northern Railway, and knighthood by Queen Victoria in 1897. This sculpture includes the elements of a surveyor’s transit, compass, a clock representing time, significant dates in Fleming’s life, and the globe. The Sculpture Forest offers free guided tours each Tuesday from 10-11:30 am and a shorter “Curator Selection” tour on Wednesday from 12:10 – 12:50. Meet at the kiosk in the Fleming College parking lot. < Previous Article Next Article >

Redwing Frond by Darlene Bolahood is the tallest piece in the Haliburton Sculpture Forest. Redwing Frond Darlene Bolahood Materials: Steel and Acrylic panels Description: 14' feet high, curved metal spine pointing north, painted acrylic panels attached to top half of spine Location: Haliburton Sculpture Forest; Western end of the South Trail Installation Date: August, 2003 Number on Map: 9 Go to Gallery Vision for Sculpture: The sculpture’s axis, from base to tip, is perfectly aligned: the compass needle pointing to the true north. The sun’s rays, at this latitude, find the lenses of the coloured panels, casting shadows that change with the skies. The streaks of pigment opaque on the transparent surfaces along with the overlapping edges of the panels create kaleidoscopic forms within these shapes. The form is explosive red. Like transparent marble veined with golds, silvers and black, the leaf/feather/louver-paged panels reflect the flight of birds, growth of the forests and books of the art of learning. Catching the wind, changing frequencies, perhaps it will even posses a voice where it stands. Imagine the red of this leaf against the white of the snow, the red of this leaf opposing the brilliance of the new spring greens, softening into the aging dust of summer, and then disappearing into the famous autumn colours of the Haliburton Highlands. The leaf for growth, the feather: mark of freedom and flight, the pages of the book: the freedom in self-knowledge… which marks the only absolute measure of success in the uncovering and unleashing of an artist’s soul. I pay tribute to the land and the rock, sun, sky and wind and the school standing within that space. < Back to Sculptures