Date: 2002
Site: Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, B.C.Canada
Commissioned by: Kelowna City through the Okanagan Thompson International Sculpture Symposium
Description:
Sited to take advantage of the site at the south end of the new atrium of the Rotary ArtsCentre, three tall, 4m, 4.5m and 5m high tapering, Western Red Cedar timber Obelisks support and are linked by an Arc of stainless steel tube. Each Obelisk represents an art form: literature, visual arts and performing arts. Two of the Obelisks also support cast bronze elements, Thinking Head and Acrobat were made by Diane and cast by Pyramid Bronze Foundry, they represent the central concept of ‘creative thought’ leading to the ‘creative act’. Two marble podia have three pairs of footprints carved into the upper surface which make reference to the three sculptures made in Kelowna by Zhao Lei, Marion Lea Jamieson and Dawn MacNutt. Phil carved reliefs on the sides of the obelisks at a waterfront site and was assisted by Haida Carver, Jonathan Yeltatzie who designed his own imagery. We based our themes on the Okanagan Valley.