Aerosol Art Mural
The Work
Brilliant colours and whimsical forms progress through images from the lake at one end to vineyards, orchards and gardens at the other.
The Brevity Memorial
The Work
This installation is a memorial to children who have predeceased their parents. It includes a plaza, memorial walls inscribed with the names of 160 children, a dedication monument, landscape features, and a life-sized bronze statue of two children standing on a tree stump. The sculpture is made of bronze and symbolizes brevity, or a life cut short.
Growth
The Work
Growth consists of 7 sculptures. Each piece, made of natural stone, refers in an abstract way to a piece of fruit cut in half. All of the stones are different in size and shape, but each has a flat surface which is decorated using a variety of materials and techniques, including carving and mosaic, with added smaller elements resembling the “seeds” in the stone fruit. The scale and location for the stones allows them to serve as a resting place from which viewers can enjoy the park setting. Location #1, just off Kane Road, behind 435 Glenmore Rd., is made of granite.
Reach for the Stars
The Work
Kelowna's largest mural is approximately 50m wide and 8m high, covering the entire back wall of a commercial building facing the schoolyard at Springvalley Middle School. The mural, based on ideas from Springvalley students and brought to life by urban artist Scott Tobin with assistance from the students in the school's CHOICES program, is a unique combination of hip-hop style lettering, bold colours, beautifully detailed flowers and a purple roadster full of blissful blue bunnies.
H20
The Work
Water-jet cut aluminum “molecules” splash their way across the entranceway floor and continue in a froth of etched bubbles and waves on the second storey glass wall, all in celebration of water's dynamic, fluid nature.
Stones Pear Grove
The Work
This earthwork or environmental installation replicates the shape of a yin-yang symbol: 2 grass mounds bisected by a dry creek bed and encircled by flowering pear trees. A flagstone pathway leads to and away from a small, red, Asian-inspired bridge which crosses the creek bed. The words inscribed on the bridge deck lend a contemplative, spiritual voice. The installation pays homage to the site's past as an orchard operated by the Tamagi family and also to the park's namesake, Ben Lee.
Toy Amenity
The Work
Originally commissioned as a temporary site-specific work in San Francisco, this playful sculpture is and of various recycled materials. Viewers are encouraged to explore the sculpture's external and internal spaces.
Escape to Stella Polaris
The Work
Representing an unearthed relic of an unknown era, the multilayered and cracked-glass cylinder visible within the eroded metal casing reveals a flight of birds. Each bird represents a species native to the area and the curved glass is etched with symbols of the natural history of the Okanagan. All images applied to the glass were created through an abrasive etching process called sandblast carving, using aluminum oxide as the abrasive. The glass is first covered with a layer of rubber resist.
Okanagan Sunflowers
The Work
The work is an acrylic-on-canvas painting of the Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza Sagittata) by local artist Jo Scott-B. This drought tolerant, exuberant wildflower was an important food plant for First Nation peoples and was selected as Kelowna's official flower in 2000.
Spirit of Kelowna
The Work
One hundred and four cast-bronze medallions reflect the theme of community spirit.