Arbres des petits-enfants Les arbres des petits-enfants célèbrent les onze petits-enfants de Norman et Patterson Webster, avec un arbre planté pour chaque nouvelle arrivée dans l’année de naissance de l’enfant. Dix arbres sont des érables tandis que le onzième est un pommetier, honorant une demande de la mère du plus jeune petit-enfant pour un arbre…
Continuum Patterson Webster Continuum 2020-2021 Rock, water, trees, timber, newspaper, photographs Collection of the artist This multi-part installation stretches across a kilometer of field and forest. Inspired by the idea that life exists as a continuum in which each small change affects what follows, the artist highlights how we are each part of this process…
The Metaphoric Bridge Patterson Webster The Metaphoric Bridge 2013, 2021 Cedar, acrylic paint, metal chains and hooks A sign, inscribed in French and English on reverse sides, hangs at each end of a small bridge over a rocky stream. When approached from one direction, the signs read “Ce pont n’est pas” “Une metaphore”; from the…
Orin’s Sugarcamp Patterson Webster Orin’s Sugarcamp 2015–2018 Corrugated tin, pine, granite, slate, stone, metal cans and scraps This site-responsive installation commemorates the physical work performed on the land as well as the workers themselves. The title honours Orin Gardner, a farmer who worked on the land for many years, making maple syrup each spring. Using…
Mythos Patterson Webster Mythos 2019 – continuing Slate, copper and silver wire, corrugated tin, Styrofoam, insulating foam, cedar stump, mirror Collection of the artist A wooden signpost burned with the word Mythos points into the woods, towards a series of installations that re-interpret stories and concepts from Greek mythology. A large piece of slate shaped…
The Forms Patterson Webster The Forms 2018–2019 Coloured acrylic Plexiglas, corrugated tin, stainless steel Collection of the artist Nestled in a dim clearing in the woods, this installation consists of cubes, pyramids and three-dimensional rectangles made of yellow, orange and blue Plexiglas, a corrugated tin cylinder and a mirrored ball. These large-format shapes embody a…
Turtle Rock Turtle rock is a sculpture created by nature. The artist did not carve this stone but found it, partly hidden underground. When she uncovered it and brushed away the leaves that hid its sides, she discovered that the large rock resembled a turtle, emerging from under the earth. The imprint of ferns and…
The Temple Façade Patterson Webster (in collaboration with John Hay) The Temple Façade 2018 Corrugated tin, steel rods and clips Collection of the artist This sculptural work juxtaposes appearance and reality, raising questions about each. Four sheets of corrugated tin stand, column-like, beneath a triangular pediment, suggesting the front wall of a Greek temple. One…
The Past Looms Large Patterson Webster The Past Looms Large 2017 – 2018 Corrugated tin, cement, acrylic letters, wooden chair Collection of the artist A series of six corrugated tin columns ranging from 8 to 12 feet in height flank a path that leads across a farm field towards an over-sized Adirondack chair. The first…
Perspective Patterson Webster Perspective 2018 Stainless steel, iron posts, Adirondack chairs Collection of the artist Two signs, both bearing the word “Perspective,” stand above the grasses of a farm field, pointing away from a child-sized Adirondack chair towards an oversized chair in the distance. Letters on the first sign shrink as they spell out the…
