China Terrace Patterson Webster China Terrace 2006–ongoing China shards, copper tubing, cement, pine, metal cutlery and candelabra, ceramic plates and napkins, wooden goblets and window frames, iron bed, moss, sticks, slate, rocking chair Collection of the artist The China Terrace is a site-responsive installation that conjures the ghost of Glen Villa Inn, a summer resort…
Upper Room Patterson Webster in collaboration with Myke Hodgins, Eric Fleury and Mary Martha Guy Upper Room 2016–2020 Brick, cedar posts, oak benches, slate, boxwood, tempered glass, stainless steel Collection of the artist Set on a forested hillside, the Upper Room is a memorial to the artist’s mother. The space is divided into three parts,…
Upper and Lower Fields The Upper and Lower Fields are old farm fields gradually being transformed into wildflower meadows. Shrub borders are fenced off by horizontal steel cables anchored to posts rusted to autumnal tones. This modern design, created by Patterson, keeps deer out while leaving open the view of old-fashioned flowering shrubs: lilac, mock…
Grandchildren Trees The Grandchildren Trees celebrate Norman and Patterson Webster’s eleven grandchildren, with a tree planted for each new arrival in the year of the child’s birth. Ten trees are maples while the eleventh is a crabapple, honouring a request from the mother of the youngest grandchild for a flowering tree that bears fruit. The…
Skating Pond The Skating Pond is a wildlife sanctuary dug in a wet area in an old farm field. The pond and its surroundings were inspired by a romantic painting that the artist loved as a child, illustrating how she uses memory to reshape the land. A large flat rock bridges the stream that feeds…
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…
Bridge Ascending Doucet & Saito Bridge Ascending 2003 Steel Commissioned by Norman and Patterson Webster Cradled by gently sloping ground, this imposing sculpture is a tribute to both memory and the transformative power of art. The girders in the piece were originally part of a covered bridge that Norman Webster crossed when travelling from his winter…
Asian Meadow The Asian Meadow pays homage to the years that Patterson and her family lived in China. Above a stream lined with water-loving plants, a group of six steel carp flash in mid-air. Following a tradition in Chinese painting, the carp stand for the artist’s family: five small fish for her children and one big…
Memory Posts Patterson Webster Memory Post I and Memory Post II 2007–2008 Pine tree trunks, acrylic paint Collection of the artist These sculptural works are memorials to people who were important in her life: her father, a brother-in-law and a sister-in-law. Patterns on each post, which the artist has dubbed ‘memory posts,’ recall the personality…
