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Marianne Reim (BA, SCA, SSC) graduated with a B.A. in Art & Art History from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She has been Artist in Residence in Japan, Yugoslavia, Italy and British Columbia, Canada. She has had many solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows. She exhibited her sculptures from 1994 to the present at such prestigious venues as: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Sculpture Society of Canada; Canadian Embassy, Tokyo; Gallery Fukashi, Matsumoto, Japan, Künstlerhaus, Ulm, Germany; Dante Centre, Ravenna, Italy; and at the Crawford Arts Centre, St. Andrew Scotland, Her works can be found in public and private collections. < All Artists Marianne Reim ABOUT SCULPTOR Artist Bio Marianne Reim (BA, SCA, SSC) graduated with a B.A. in Art & Art History from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She has been Artist in Residence in Japan, Yugoslavia, Italy and British Columbia, Canada. She has had many solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows. She exhibited her sculptures from 1994 to the present at such prestigious venues as: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Sculpture Society of Canada; Canadian Embassy, Tokyo; Gallery Fukashi, Matsumoto, Japan, Künstlerhaus, Ulm, Germany; Dante Centre, Ravenna, Italy; and at the Crawford Arts Centre, St. Andrew Scotland, Her works can be found in public and private collections. Artist Website Installed Sculptures Terminus Das Buch XXIII Previous Sculpture Next Sculpture

Charles O'Neil All Sculptures Fire and Ice: A Really Big Shoe Number on Map 20 Artist Charles O'Neil Material Milled Steel, Czech Fire Polished Glass Beads, Faceted Crystal Glass Beads, Stainless Steel Wire Installation Date May 1, 2009 Learn About the Artist A few years ago Charles O'Neil was displaying his work at the Buyers Market of American Craft in Philadelphia, when his wire sculptures of animals and human figures caught the eye of world renowned shoe designer Stuart Weitzman. Weitzman, impressed with the sculptures, approached O’Neil and asked him to sculpt wire shoes for their corporate art collection. O’Neil was delighted to take on the challenge. Designing a shoe sculpture for Weitzman added a new dimension to O’Neil's work. Aside from exposing his work to a broader audience, it also inspired him to create a series of shoe sculptures, adding glass beads to the wire structures. O’Neil's shoe sculptures turned many heads as they appeared in art shows and galleries across the Haliburton Highlands and Ontario. When Barb Bolin retired as principal of Fleming College, Haliburton Campus, and the Haliburton School of The Arts in 2007, after 35 years with the College, her friends and coworkers donated to a fund to help buy a sculpture for the Forest in her honour. Bolin was asked to choose which artist would be commissioned to create the sculpture, and it wasn't long before her mind turned to Charles O’Neil and his brilliant shoes. Bolin believed that O’Neil would be a good choice for many reasons. He had already contributed to the Sculpture Forest with his piece Embracing Eos, which has delighted many visitors, so she knew his work would 'fit in' well. O’Neil also lives in the Highlands, and Bolin was interested in commissioning work from a local artist. She loved the fact that O’Neil's shoe sculptures are bright, bold, and colourful, and Bolin wanted to add an extra dash of colour to the Sculpture Forest. O’Neil gladly accepted the commission, and began researching for the project. Deciding to create a shoe of grand proportions, and realizing that the sculpture would have to endure the harsh elements of the Highlands, he crafted his sculpture out of steel rods, stainless steel wiring, and large fire glazed glass beads from the Czech Republic and faceted clear beads from China. Fire and Ice: A Really Big Shoe was installed in the Sculpture Forest in the spring of 2009. More Photos Previous Next

Gord Peteran Gord Peteran has been creating artworks for corporate offices, public institutions and private clients for the past 20 years. He is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art. Peteran has lectured and been published extensively across Canada and the U.S. and has participated in numerous exhibitions and conferences. As well as being a professor at the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto, Gord has also taught at Sheridan College in Oakville, the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, the Haystack Mountain School in Maine, the Penland School in North Carolina and The California College of Arts. He has done many Artist Residencies across the continent. Gord has been the recipient of many Government Arts Council awards and grants throughout his career. In 2001 he won the Jean A. Chalmers National Arts Award and was also inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. In 2004 he received a Chalmers Arts Fellowship. In 2005 Gord created the iconic "Red Doors" of the main entrance to the Haliburton School of Art + Design. Between 2006 and 2009 a mid career retrospective of his artwork toured nine Art Museums across the US. This exhibition was organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum in conjunction with the Chipstone Foundation, and supported by the Windgate Charitable Foundation. It was curated by Dr. Glenn Adamson, Head of Graduate Studies, Research Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London England. Dr. Adamson writes, “Peteran has launched a boundary crossing career opening up the category of furniture to an unprecedented range of psychological and conceptual content. He uses found objects, assemblage techniques, metal casting, fine cabinetry and drawing to create artworks that challenge the established Art, Design and Craft terms of reference.” A catalogue titled “FURNITURE MEETS ITS MAKER” is available through a mazon.ca . < Back to Artists

Sam Gillett < Back Originally Published On: August 1, 2022 Originally Published By: The Highlander Gord Peteran debuts new work at Haliburton Sculpture Forest Written By: Sam Gillett The Haliburton Sculpture Forest’s newest addition was installed last spring, but won’t be finished for about 30 years. At a ribbon-cutting and artist talk July 26, sculptor Gord Peteran said his wooden constructions, which make up Passage, are designed to merge with the forest that surrounds them. “These works are out of my hands. It’s your obligation to finish them,” he said, referring both to the physical decay of the wooden creations, but also to the way visitors will interpret the enigmatic sculpture, installed in the spring of 2021. A set of oars are affixed to a high wooden table. On each side of the table, two wooden door frames book-end the work, which is nestled in a small glade of trees. “Tables represent gathering … the dining table is the core of the family,” Peteran said. The artist, also responsible for crafting the iconic red doors at the Haliburton School of Art + Design (HSAD), said he delights in challenging how people view objects. The oars, for instance, could infer the table could be in motion. “Is a table kind of like a vessel?” Peteran asked. Passage, like most of Peteran’s work, is about humans; how and why we build and use objects. “I look at historical craft as evidence of human behaviour,” he said, later at a talk in the great hall of the HSAD. It’s a study, he said, of “what does the human tend to do?” Perhaps it’s a form of art that emerged from his childhood on Mountain Lake. “What I do comes right out of that lake,” Peteran mused. He said at lakes and cottages “something happens in the mind. The brain has a chance to explode.” Whether his grandmother’s rolling pin or carving tools gathered from settler’s tree clearing operations in the north, Peteran grew fascinated with the objects people build. He’s spent years constructing iconic halfmoon end tables, exploiting their shape and forming them with odds and ends from his workshop, or even driftwood and twine. “They’re basically junk,” he said. Peteran seemed bemused by how the shapes could resonate with people even if the tables weren’t functional. Our perception of common household fixtures change, he said, if he “takes the familiar and intervenes in some tiny way.” Peteran’s sculpture was funded by Barb Bolin, a chair of the sculpture forest. “Every sculpture brings its own story to the sculpture forest, and connects with other stories and sculptures in such intriguing ways,” said board member Annette Blady Van Mil. “We want to thank you, Gord, for making the stories continue.” For more information on the Haliburton Sculpture Forest visit haliburtonsculptureforest.ca. Read the Original Article Here: https://thehighlander.ca/2022/08/04/new-sculpture-to-grow-into-the-forest/ < Previous Article Next Article >

Don Dickson, Amy Doolittle All Sculptures Sound Vessel: Forest Number on Map 05 Artist Don Dickson, Amy Doolittle Material Corten Steel Plate, stainless steel rods, etc Installation Date August 1, 2003 Learn About the Artist Synonymous with the perception of “up north” is the image of trees. They are so numerous that one takes them for granted. Solid yet pliant, they are part of our horizons and landscapes. Like a tree that is still, yet filled with life, the vessel holds sound and, like a tree, is animated and given voice by the wind. More Photos Previous Next

Ulmus americana < Back American Elm Ojibwe Name: aniib Scientific Name: Ulmus americana Significance in Ojibwe Cultures: --- How to Identify the Leaves: "American elm is easily recognized by its vase-shaped habit, with one straight trunk splitting into many arching branches. The leaves are oval-shaped, dark green, rough to the touch and have a very asymmetrical base. Tiny flowers appear before the leaves small clusters of circular, winged seeds mature in spring." Sources: Translation: https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/aniib-na Image: https://www.ontario.ca/page/basswood How to Identify Tree: https://www.ontario.ca/page/basswood < Back Next >

Kevin Lockau lives and works north of Bancroft. A mixed media sculptor, Kevin won the 2009 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts/Saidye Bronfman Award. Over his career, he invented three hot glass casting techniques, and was pivotal in developing the glass studio at Sheridan College, where he taught for 20 years. Kevin collects various sized stones on the shores of Lake Superior and after carving the stone, combines stone and glasswork together into sculptural pieces. He has exhibited across Canada, the United States, and Europe. < All Artists Kevin Lockau ABOUT SCULPTOR Artist Bio Kevin Lockau lives and works north of Bancroft. A mixed media sculptor, Kevin won the 2009 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts/Saidye Bronfman Award. Over his career, he invented three hot glass casting techniques, and was pivotal in developing the glass studio at Sheridan College, where he taught for 20 years. Kevin collects various sized stones on the shores of Lake Superior and after carving the stone, combines stone and glasswork together into sculptural pieces. He has exhibited across Canada, the United States, and Europe. Link Unavailable Installed Sculptures Dreaming Stones Previous Sculpture Next Sculpture

Thuja occidentalis < Back Eastern White Cedar Ojibwe Name: giizhigaa'aandak Scientific Name: Thuja occidentalis Significance in Ojibwe Cultures: What happens when you use cedar tea to bathe? It purges your lymph vessels and nodes, relieving your skin of this constant slow leech of toxins and garbage that is slowly secreted onto the surface of your skin which is the cause of a ton of problems. How to Identify the Leaves: "Cones from the eastern white cedar are 7 to 12 millimetres long and grow in clumps of 5 or 6 pairs. Small scaly leaves cover the tree’s fan-shaped twigs and are a yellowish-green colour. The bark of the eastern white cedar is thin and shiny when the tree is young, but separates into flat narrow strips as the tree gets older. White-tailed deer eat the twigs of the eastern white cedar during the winter." Sources: Image: https://www.ontario.ca/page/eastern-white-cedar How to Identify Tree: https://www.ontario.ca/page/eastern-white-cedar < Back Next >

Don Frost All Sculptures Depth Number on Map 39 Artist Don Frost Material Fiberglass and composites finished with graphite and prismatic paint. Installation Date January 1, 2022 Learn About the Artist I had a lot of fun making this piece during the COVID-19 lockdowns. It was a real escape from the world and just evolved into this primitive, organic shape. I live beside a bike trail and this piece brought in many people off the path to see what I was working on. The mount is also unusual for me, going up on a diagonal which gives the piece some extra movement. The finish is graphite, top coated in a prismatic gold to magenta paint. The piece is made from fibreglass and composites and is designed to withstand weather extremely well. About the Artist: Peterborough born Don Frost had his future path laid out for him by winning first prize in a city wide art exposition at age six in grade one. The following year at age seven, Don had a group showing at the Peterborough Public Library. Public school had its usual trials and tribulations and it was not until grade 10 that Don discovered that he was colour blind to all but the primary colours. At this point Don’s life took a right turn and sculpture was all that he focused on. Don teamed up with a friend in grade 11 who became his art agent and they enjoyed considerable success in the Peterborough area. After high school Don took some time off to do his art and apprentice as a mechanic for a year. In 1973-74 he attended Sheridan Art College followed by a decision to become a professional sculptor having just received a major commission for a large 15' tall sculpture for a new mall being built in Peterborough, Ontario. This was followed by the creation of the largest sculpture in Canada in 1983 by winning a competition for an indoor work for the Michael Starr Building in Oshawa, Ontario. Always seeking new outlets for art Don acquired an art agent in Ottawa which led to an introduction to a patron who kept Don busy creating more than 40 sculptures in a period of twenty years. Don’s work internationally was recently a commission for four large works for a garden in Club Medjulis in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Previously to this in an expansive design project by the late King Hussein for a 1.6 km wall of huge relief panels commemorating the history of Jordan, Don’s work on six of these panels was accepted by King Abdullah. Experiencing greater notoriety for the global uniqueness of his art, Don was presented with awards from Peterborough County and commemorated in the Walk of Fame. Presently Don has art representatives across the United States and Canada. More Photos Previous Next

Peter is a skilled designer, metal artist and wood worker. A graduate of SITAL, he has twice received the Betty Kantor Scholarship Award for students who display excellence in the program. Before studying furniture design, Peter received a degree in Communications from Wilfrid Laurier University. Born in Toronto, he has been able to widen his perspective by traveling and living abroad in Japan, Switzerland, and Denmark. Peter has also studied design in Denmark where his work was exhibited at the prestigious Denmark Design Skole. His work has been exhibited online, in print media, and at Fluid Living, Distillery District location. Peter is energetically involved in the Toronto craft and design community, most recently is his involvement with Designers Walk Home and Style Studio Tour where his work is displayed at Weavers Art. In the time of his young career, Peter has been developing working relationships with residential clients, interior designers, and architects. Email: peter@holtzundmetal.com < All Artists Peter Wehrspann ABOUT SCULPTOR Artist Bio Peter is a skilled designer, metal artist and wood worker. A graduate of SITAL, he has twice received the Betty Kantor Scholarship Award for students who display excellence in the program. Before studying furniture design, Peter received a degree in Communications from Wilfrid Laurier University. Born in Toronto, he has been able to widen his perspective by traveling and living abroad in Japan, Switzerland, and Denmark. Peter has also studied design in Denmark where his work was exhibited at the prestigious Denmark Design Skole. His work has been exhibited online, in print media, and at Fluid Living, Distillery District location. Peter is energetically involved in the Toronto craft and design community, most recently is his involvement with Designers Walk Home and Style Studio Tour where his work is displayed at Weavers Art. In the time of his young career, Peter has been developing working relationships with residential clients, interior designers, and architects. Email: peter@holtzundmetal.com Artist Website Installed Sculptures Current Previous Sculpture Next Sculpture

C to C by John Shaw-Rimmington. C to C John Shaw-Rimmington Name of Sculpture: C to C Materials: Locally quarried granite gneiss Description: Two facing “C” shaped dry stone walls forming an "S" shaped passageway Installation Date: May, 2007 Number on Map: 16 Go to Gallery About the Sculpture Almost 25 tons of stone purchased from Attia Quarries close to Minden, Ontario was used for the hands-on, week-long Dry Stone Structures course given May 2007 at the Haliburton School of Art + Design. The finished structure represents the work of 12 capable students who came from as far away as Montana, Washington and Ottawa to attend this comprehensive dry stone wall workshop. 'C to C' is a free standing dry laid sculpture designed by DSWAC president John Shaw-Rimmington. It uses an attractive locally quarried random granite gneiss carefully fitted together to form two semi-circular walls. The idea is based on taking a typical dry laid sheepfold (the type you see all over parts of England and Scotland) and then slicing it down the middle and shifting one side several feet along the line of bi-section. (Sort of a 'Sheep Shear'). In effect, a charming new structure is created presenting a winding pathway through two C shaped walls. The height of the two walls, including the vertical rugged coping, is nearly 4 and a half feet high; standing between them, there is a dynamic interior space which is intimate and inviting. We have called the dry laid structure "C to C" as it alludes not only to the different parts of North America that people came from to build the structure, but also the growing interest there is in traditional dry stone construction all over Canada and the States, from sea to sea. < Back to Sculptures

American artist Carole Turner, who lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey, creates contemporary sculpture in stone, steel, bronze, and wood. She carves, fabricates, and models with abstracted and geometric design, as well as voluptuous figurative and organic form. Carole's sculpture is exhibited internationally and her many monumental sculptures can be found in the collections of museums, municipalities, sculpture parks, and corporations in Italy, Argentina, Germany, Vietnam, Russia, South Korea, Austria, Poland, Romania, Mexico, Egypt, Turkey, China, Chile, India, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Greece, and the United States. Carole came to Haliburton as part of the Carved on the Canadian Shield Sculpture Symposium in order to carve her sculpture. Celebrating Canada, Ontario, and Dysart 150, four artists came to Haliburton to carve a piece out of limestone representing Canada and the Canadian Shield. < All Artists Carole Turner ABOUT SCULPTOR Artist Bio American artist Carole Turner, who lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey, creates contemporary sculpture in stone, steel, bronze, and wood. She carves, fabricates, and models with abstracted and geometric design, as well as voluptuous figurative and organic form. Carole's sculpture is exhibited internationally and her many monumental sculptures can be found in the collections of museums, municipalities, sculpture parks, and corporations in Italy, Argentina, Germany, Vietnam, Russia, South Korea, Austria, Poland, Romania, Mexico, Egypt, Turkey, China, Chile, India, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Greece, and the United States. Carole came to Haliburton as part of the Carved on the Canadian Shield Sculpture Symposium in order to carve her sculpture. Celebrating Canada, Ontario, and Dysart 150, four artists came to Haliburton to carve a piece out of limestone representing Canada and the Canadian Shield. Artist Website Installed Sculptures Storied Moons Previous Sculpture Next Sculpture