La Grande Allée Patterson Webster in collaboration with John Hay La Grande Allée 2018–ongoing Crabapple trees, cast-iron lamppost, paint, tin Collection of the artist In this vast installation, 100 white crabapple trees are arranged in two parallel lines, flanking an 800-foot-long path that bisects a farm field. At each end of the allée, 12 pink…
La Seigneurie Patterson Webster La Seigneurie 2019–ongoing Canola, barley, flax, oats, red clover seeds, wrought iron Collection of the artist This installation is composed of farm crops planted in long narrow strips that recall the system of land division common during Quebec’s French colonial period. With this planting pattern, the artist recognizes an important part…
Two Roads Patterson Webster Two Roads 2011 Cedar tree trunk, acrylic paint, acrylic lettering Collection of the artist This sculpture features a tree trunk whose naturally forked branches point in two directions, offering a choice of paths. The trunk is painted yellow and on it is a sign with the words “Two Roads,” a reference…
Abenaki Walking II, The Clearing of the Land Patterson Webster Abenaki Walking II, The Clearing of the Land 2018–2020 Ash trunks and branches, split rails, tree stumps, harrow, cedar posts, apple trees, stacked logs, granite, acrylic paint Collection of the artist This site-responsive installation, spanning a wooded area and a cleared field, dramatizes the many…
In Transit/En Route Patterson Webster In Transit/En Route 2010–11 Glass, acrylic sheets, stainless steel, stainless steel clips, acrylic lettering, fieldstone, pine box, cedar posts Collection of the artist This site-responsive installation encourages meditation. Square glass panels suspended in mid-air along a forest path pose questions that ask walkers to pay attention to the passage of…
Abenaki Walking Patterson Webster Abenaki Walking 2012–13 Ash tree branches and trunks, granite, cedar tree trunk, acrylic paint, split rails, barbed wire Collection of the artist This site-responsive installation stretches across the Upper Field to pay homage to the creation myth and history of the Abenaki First Nation, the original inhabitants of the land where…
Grass Snake Patterson Webster Grass Snake 2006 − ongoing Grass sod, chicken wire, perforated hose, tin, metal reflectors, Styrofoam apple Collection of the artist In this installation, a strip of sod shaped like a snake winds its way up the trunk of an old maple tree, its tongue flickering towards an apple that is always…
Récolte Doucet & Saito Récolte 1998 Red granite Collection of Norman and Patterson Webster This sculpture balances two angular forms of smooth white granite atop a round base hammered from red granite. The contrast of colour, shape, and texture brings to mind the lively movements and shapes of leaves as they fall, juxtaposing this lightness…
Au bord du printemps Doucet & Saito Au bord du printemps 1992 Granite Collection of Norman and Patterson Webster Three sculpted forms assembled vertically on a base suggest a spritely bird signalling the return of spring. As Tadayasu Sakai wrote in his essay on Doucet Saito’s work, “A Great Vision, and…” (1992), the forms simultaneously…
The Writing is on the Wall Patterson Webster The Writing is on the Wall 2016 Neon Collection of the artist This neon work brightens a shady area next to the house with its illuminated statement, “The Writing is on the Wall.” The saying comes from an Old Testament story in which the prophet Daniel…
