The dead pine and the tree stump were part of the inspiration for this section.

The Past Looms Large

Art, Design, Glen Villa12 Comments

For the last eighteen months or more I’ve been working on an art installation that stretches along a 3-4 km trail at Glen Villa, my garden in Quebec.  The trail moves in and out of fields and forests, and each environment has its own character. When I started the project, the idea behind it wasn’t entirely clear.…

This is how the water meadow looked in 2009 after we first cut a path through it.

The Clearing of the Land

Art, Glen Villa15 Comments

For several years now I’ve been working on a trail that leads through the fields and forests at Glen Villa. Sited along the trail are art installations I’m creating that relate to history, the passage of time and the relationship between art and architecture. I wrote about this for the first time in March 2017.…