Haliburton Sculpture Forest

GLEBE PARK On the north shore of Head Lake in the village of Haliburton, Glebe Park is 175 acres of woodlands and rolling hills with networks of trails for walking, mountain-biking, cross country-skiing and snowshoeing. It is also a great p... Read more

Artist: Jake Mol About: The sculpture is a father, mother, child and dog created from old telephone poles, farm implements and other bits and pieces from old farmhouses. Jake thought that there should be a sculpture that connected the histo... Read more

Artist: George Pratt About: The goat-god Pan is a mythological Greek god of the wild. He also has a reputation as a bacchanalian. One of his favourite past-times was pursuing beautiful wood nymphs that strayed into the high forests where he... Read more

Artist: John Shaw-Rimmington About: The Spiral Ascent is a dry stone cairn with a spiraling grassy walkway, made with locally quarried granite. It was designed by John Shaw-Rimmington and constructed by students of the 2015 Dry Stone Struct... Read more

Artist: Mary Anne Barkhouse About: Gelert is a hamlet in Haliburton County named after the town of Beddgelert in Snowdonia in north of Wales. The name literally translates into the ‘grave of Gelert”. The legend has it that Gelert was th... Read more

Artist: Kevin Lockau About: A mystical totem made from six granite boulders collected from around the region. Kevin’s challenge was to respond to the natural history of Haliburton County. The wolf at the bottom of the sculpture is thought... Read more

Artist: Charles O’Neil About: O’Neil started making sculptures of shoes after he was approached by Stuart Weitzman at the Buyers Market of America in Philadelphia. Weitzman is a renowned shoe designer, and he asked O’Neil to create wi... Read more

Artist: Tarzan Sithole About: An obelisk shaped sculpture of women’s faces and figures, we see multiple generations of women reflected in these figures. The artist, Tarzan Sithole, is a third-generation Zimbabwean stone sculptor. His ... Read more

Artist: Metalgenesis: Don Dickson & Amy Doolittle About: This is a one of a kind bench carved out of a large granite boulder extended by decorative metal painted red. People who were walking the trails asked for benches to be installed ... Read more

Artist: Mary Ellen Farrow About: “A Walk in the Woods in Haliburton” is one of the Sculpture Forest’s first installations. It was Mary Ellen’s response to her experiences in Haliburton walking through the forest in the fall. It was... Read more

Artist: Charles O’Neil About: The sculpture depicts a man facing due east, with his arms raised high, greeting the morning sun and reaching to embrace Eos the goddess of the dawn. According to Greek mythology, Eos rose up into the sky fr... Read more

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Artist: Scott McKay Artist's Statement: "Mother Earth is my vision of the classical mother figure married to the symbol of life in the tree form. She is about 7 feet tall without the pedestal. -- total height [at] about 102”. Mother Eart... Read more

One of three carefully crafted benches by the talented Scott McKay. All pieces were made with the generous donation of Wendy Wilkins. 

One of three carefully crafted benches by the talented Scott McKay. All pieces were made with the generous donation of Wendy Wilkins. 

One of three carefully crafted benches by the talented Scott McKay. All pieces were made with the generous donation of Wendy Wilkins. 

Artist: Doug Stephens About: “Sleep of the Huntress” protectress of the Sculpture Forest is a woman in repose, lost in the deep world of dreams. The placing of this sculpture was very strategic; Stephens said that he wanted her to have... Read more

Artist: George Pratt About: “Together We Explore the Wild” was commissioned in appreciation of the life of Shawn Hagerman, family man, outdoorsman, canoeist, camper, fisherman, hunter, photographer, hiker, meditator, poet, and health an... Read more

Artist: Leo Sepa About: “Moose Scraps” is an assemblage of hardware collected from old farmsteads in Haliburton County, formed into the shape of one of Canada’s largest mammals, the moose. Like many of Leo’s sculptures, the 2.5 metr... Read more

Artist: Marianne Reim About: Reim creates discreet objects and her constructions wear their identity through rough cut edges, visible welds and undisguised slabness. This sculpture is a stylized figure in rolled steel, and painted black. T... Read more

Artist: Marianne Reim  About: Since 1994, Marianne Reim has been working on a series of books (DAS BUCH) cut from steel. They currently number 63. The books are personal interpretations of her history within a larger cultural history. The... Read more

Artist: John McKinnon About: One of the truly amazing things about Haliburton County is its forests and other quiet places. Inspired by this and the phrase “A Secret Space” John created Atmo-Sphere. It provides a hidden entrance in a la... Read more

Artist: Simon Chidharara About: Simon has this to say about his sculpture: “The musical instrument in this sculpture has a natural bond and connection to human life. Music entertains and educates us and speaks a universal language. The do... Read more

Artist: Peter Wehrspann About: “Current” is a one of a kind bench created out of 10cm oak slats with steel legs. The bench is representative of a river, but is also a reverse ‘S’. The bench was donated in honour of Sabrina Ford, a g... Read more

Artist: Leo Sepa Found objects are at the heart of this sculpture, aptly titled "Flying Debris", an assemblage of pieces, farm equipment, and other hardware, formed into the shape of one of one of the most fascinating local birds, the blue... Read more

Artist: Richard Shanks About: The sculpture “Visionary” commemorates the life of Sir Sandford Fleming and his contributions to Canada and the world. This sculpture includes the elements of a surveyor’s transit, the compass, time, sign... Read more

Artist: Haliburton Highlands Secondary School 2002 Students with support from Mary Anne Barkhouse and Michael Belmore About: In the winter of 2002, the Haliburton Sculpture Forest contracted with Mary Anne Barkhouse and Michael Belmore to b... Read more

Artist: Created by students of the Integrated Arts Program at Innisdale Secondary School in Barrie, Ontario About: In 2015, the students in the Innisdale Integrated Arts Program produced a multi-media arts presentation (poetry, music, d... Read more

Artist: John Beachli About: Haliburton County has a long history of men working in the forest, in logging camps or cutting timber on their own land. The county also has a history of sons learning skills from their fathers as they helped the... Read more

Artist: Gord Peteran My artwork is fuelled by the historical decorative arts. Unlike most artists I’m not looking for “new”, but rather the very, very old. I’m interested in testing the boundaries of what we know and trust. Disrupti... Read more

Artist: John Shaw-Rimmington About: Almost 25 tons of stone purchased from the Attia Quarries in Minden were used for the hands-on, week-long Dry Stone Structures course given May 2007 at Haliburton School of Art + Design. ‘C to C’ is ... Read more

Artist: Susan Low-Beer About: The two figures were made from the same mold;  Although the figures are essentially the same, their positioning portrays different emotions and a dynamic relionship.  Materials: Concrete. ...

Artist: Aaron Galbraith About: Carole Finn, local artist and community champion, donated the dry stone bench in memory of her late husband Don Finn, who died in 2008. Don loved to walk in the woods and in the Sculpture Forest. Measuring 7 f... Read more

Artist: Jiří Genzer About:Jiri developed the idea for “Harmony” a number of years ago to express the concept of a harmonic relationship - supporting, helping and finding joy together. “Harmony” is a continuation of a previous work... Read more

Artist: Mary Ellen Farrow About: This sculpture was created as part of the 2017 sculpture symposium in celebration of Canada 150, Ontario 150, and Dysart 150. The theme of the symposium, “Carved on the Canadian Shield” inspired Mary Ell... Read more

Artist: John McKinnon About: This sculpture was created as part of the 2017 sculpture symposium in celebration of Canada 150, Ontario 150, and Dysart 150. The theme of the symposium was “Carved on the Canadian Shield.” For John McKinn... Read more

Artist: Carole Turner About: “Storied Moons” commemorates the 150 year anniversary of Canada, as well as the 150 year anniversaries of Ontario, and Dysart. A tower of three limestone moons are wrapped in incised “audio tapes,” repre... Read more

Artist: Darlene Bolahood About: The sculpture’s axis, from base to tip, is perfectly aligned, pointing to the true north. The sun’s rays, at this latitude, find the lenses of the coloured panels, casting shadows that change with the ski... Read more

Artist: Metalgenesis: Don Dickson & Amy Doolittle About: Synonymous with the perception of “up North” is the image of trees. They are so numerous that one takes them for granted. Solid yet pliant, they are part of our horizons and l... Read more

Artist: Brett Davis About: The “Guardians” are a combination of humans and nature. Together they form an alliance that reminds us to harmonize with nature to help keep our eco-system balanced and our environment clean and free from an ... Read more

Artist: John McKinnon About: This piece was brought about by a donation from Noreen Blake. Noreen and her husband Bob spent summers in the Haliburton Highlands for over 60 years. They watched the growth of the Haliburton School of The Arts ... Read more

Artist: William Lishman About: Kennisis Horse and Rider was originally part of a larger sculpture called “Transcending the Traffic” created for Expo ’86 in Vancouver which focused on Transportation and Communication. William Lishman w... Read more

Artist: Tizirai Gumbere  About: A contrasting handshake – one hand and arm dark polished stone and the other hand and arm is pale and unpolished.Tizirai, known by his colleagues as “Gwama”, started sculpting in 1992 and was unwaver... Read more

Artist: Ian LaBlance About: Shadow Caster is a skeletal articulated structure crafted out of steel. It is based on Lablance’s study of insects and fossils. Moving metal rods were used purposefully so that the viewer can look through it an... Read more

Artist: John Shaw-Rimmington About: The Unity Gate is an archway and curling dry stone walls, made with locally quarried granite. It was designed by John Shaw-Rimmington and constructed by students of the 2013 Dry Stone Structures Course at... Read more

Artist: Andrew Rothfischer About: Lissome #5 is shows the curvilinear form that is often repeated in nature: - grass blowing in the wind and the line of the spine in the human body. Lissome #5 is part of  Andy’s Lissome series of sculp... Read more