Gabe T Posted September 15, 2019 Report Share Posted September 15, 2019 It was a nice surprise when I came across this sculpture earlier this summer. I'm not sure when it was created or who it was modeled after but you can take your best guesses. A somewhat obvious candidate did come to mind for me. The sculpture was done by late Canadian artist William Lishman. Some links about the artist and sculpture location: http://williamlishman.com/blog/ https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/02/bridgepoint-hospital-unites-healthcare-arts 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JohnE Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 Pretty cool. Is he on a snowboard? Did Bruce have anything to do with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe T Posted September 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 14 hours ago, softbootsurfer said: He was not my first choice at a guess. I was actually thinking about its debut at the Olympics in Nagano. Goggle shape and smaller head/helmet profile seem to be similar to Canadian team at the time. JJA was there too (damn he’s old!), but he’d need 3 more Olympics before winning the gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe T Posted September 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 1 hour ago, JohnE said: Pretty cool. Is he on a snowboard? Did Bruce have anything to do with this? No and no. There is a photo in the second link showing the snowboarder without the foliage hiding the feet. I had visited the site before but completely missed seeing the carver. It was among several figures in a sculpture garden. Most of them were clustered together but the snowboarder was situated lower along the stairs doing its own thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnE Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 Without a snowboard, what is he supposed to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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