Donald Forster Sculpture Park Image Bank

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1. Frances Loring
Turkey, c. 1932
bronze

Purchased through the Florence G. Partridge Fund, selected in consultation with the Ontario Agricultural College, 1986.

 

 

 

 

 

2. Florence Wyle
The Harvester
, 1938
bronze

Purchased with funds donated by the class of 1947, Ontario Agricultural College, on their 40th Anniversary with assistance from the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation and the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, 1986.

 

 

 

 

 

bear.gif (49235 bytes)3. Carl Skelton
Canadiana/Begging Bear,
1995-1999
bronze

Purchased with funds donated by the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation and with the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Program, 1999.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Catherine Burgess
Things as They Are: Guelph September 27, 1990

bronze

Commissioned with funds donated by du Maurier Arts and by the Gordon and Evelyn Couling Estate, 1991.

 

 

 

 

5. Evan Penny
Mask
, 1989
bronze

Commissioned with funds donated by du Maurier Arts Ltd. with assistance from the government of Ontario through the Ministry of Citizenship and culture and from The Canada Council, 1987.

 

 

 

6. Kosso Eloul
Passages
, 1985
steel

Commissioned with funds donated by the University of Guelph Alumni with assistance from the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, 1983.

 

 

 

 

 

7. Frances Gage
Mindemoya
, 1990
bronze

Purchased with funds donated by the Guelph Daily Mercury and the Ontario Veterinary College with assistance from the Ontario Government through the Ministry of Culture and  Communications, 1990.

 

 

 

8. John Greer
Feather,
1997
bronze

Purchased with the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Program, 1998.
The installation of Feather together with Three Grains of Wheat and Gas Jets completes the triad of sculptures by Greer featured in the Sculpture Park plaza.

 

 

 

 

9. John Greer
Gas Jets,
1992
marble and steel

Gift of the artist, 1996.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. John Greer
Three Grains of Wheat
, 1991
bronze

Gift of Isabel McLaughlin in memory of Norah McCullough, 1995

 

 

 

 

11. Walter Bachinski
Mother and Child
, 1985
bronze

Purchased with funds raised by the Art Centre Volunteers with assistance from the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, 1985.

 

 

 

 

 

12. Jane Buyers
Agricultura
, 1997
bronze

Purchased through the Florence G. Partridge Fund in consultation with the Ontario Veterinary College and with financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program, 1997.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. Reinhard Reitzenstein
Memory Cell
, 1993
stainless steel and bronze

Purchased with support from the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation and from the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Recreation, 1994.

 

 

 

 

 

 

14. Cynthia Short
Lightmare
, 1986
bronze

Purchased with funds donated by University of Guelph Alumni with assistance from The Canada Council, the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, and with funds raised by the Art Centre Volunteers, 1986.

 

 

 

 

15. Brian Scott
Stray Plow
, 1993
aluminum boat, outboard motor and stainless steel

Purchased with funds donated by du Maurier Arts, 1992.

 

 

Stray Plow, Detail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

16. Tony Urquhart
Magic Wood
, 1987
steel

Commissioned with funds donated by du Maurier Arts Ltd., University of Guelph Alumni and by the Guelph Arts Council through the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, with assistance from The Canada Council, 1987.

 

 

 

 

 

Penny3.gif (44101 bytes)17. Evan Penny
Monad,
1989-1990
ciment fondu, steel

Gift of the Artist, 1999.

 

Penny2.gif (51238 bytes)

 

 

18. Robert Wiens
Enclosure with Sections of a Horse and Soldier
, 1987
metal

Commissioned with funds donated by du Maurier Arts Ltd. with assistance from the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture and from The Canada Council, 1987.

 

 

 

 

19. Kim Adams
Crab Legs (Studio)
, 1994
metal, paint and acrylic

Purchased with funds donated by du Maurier Arts and by the Art Centre Volunteers, 1996

 

 

 

 

 

20. Andreas Drenters
Pioneer Family
, 1988
metal

Gift of Ginty and Lorie Jocius and their children Daiva, Gavin and Jordon in memory of Yosef Drenters, 1990.

 

 

 

 

21. Fastwürms
Ex Ovo Omnia,
2000
mixed media

 


Ex Ovo Omnia
interior detail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22. Andrew Hunter
In the Pines,
2001

Purchased through the Florence G. Partridge Fund in consultation with the College of Arts and with financial support from The Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program.

 

Installation shot with Florence Wyle's The Harvester, 1938.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23. Beth Alber
Artist's Bench, Visionary, 2002
granite

Commissioned with funds donated by James and Diane King with the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program.

 

 

 

 

24. Gu Xiong
The Sickle and the Cell Phone, 2002
bronze

Commissioned with funds donated by Ann Oaks and with the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program.

 

 

 

 

 

25. Verne Harrison
Dual School Bench, 2002
bronze

Commissioned with funds donated by John Bligh and Nancy Bailey Bligh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

26. Tom Dean 
Desire
, 2003
bronze

Commissioned with funds donated by Brian and Heather Ayer, James and Diane King, The Elizabeth Gordon Art Programme of the Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation, the Art Centre Volunteers, and with the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program.

 


 

 

27. Derek Sullivan 
Pushpin
, 2003
bronze and stainless steel

Commissioned with funds from the Gordon and Evelyn Couling Estate and with the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28. Diane Maclean

Weather Station, 2004

1600 LEDs (light emitting diodes) receiving a constant live feed from a roof mounted anemometer that measures wind speed and direction.

 

 

 

 

Commissioned with funds donated by Ron and Jean Higgins with support from the Florence G. Partridge Fund in consultation with the School of Biological Science and Campbell Scientific (Canada) Corporation.  Claude Labine, President and CEO of Campbell Scientific (Canada), was instrumental in the donation of the anemometer and related equipment.

 

 

29. Rodney Graham, Weather Vane , 2002

Purchased with funds donated by Helen Brimmell, 2002
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


30. William Noah 
Kivioq's Journey Ends
, 2005
Limestone

Commissioned with funds donated by the class of 1955, on the 50th anniversary of their graduation from Macdonald Institute, in memory of Professor Gordon Couling.

 

 

31. Susan Detwiler
Camp, 2005
Bronze and stone

Commissioned with funds raised by the Art Centre Volunteers with financial support from the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program, 2005.

 



 


 

32. Ted Fullerton
Achilles,
1/4, 2005 (original cast resin and steel, 2001, also in MSAC collection )
Bronze and steel

Purchased with funds raised by the Art Centre Volunteers with support from the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program, 2004.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33. Mary Anne Barkhouse & Michael Belmore
Colony, 2007
Granite and bronze

Commissioned with the support of Augusta and Paul Tribe and their family, for the love of the arts, and with support from the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Program 2006.

 

 

 

 

 


34. Michael Snow
Wood Calling Bronze
, 1989 (bronze)

Purchased with support from the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre (Guelph), and from the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program, 2007

 

 

 

 

35. Michael Davey
Short Life, Long Branch,
2007-2009 (bronze)

Gift of the Artist with sponsorship from Nancy Sullivan, Honorary Trustee, 2009 Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Collection

 

 

 


              

 

 

 

 

 

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