The Retired Plough Horse and the Last Pulled Log
This was a successfully completed proposal for the Kings Crossing development in a suburb of Vancouver, BC. It is sited on a prominent corner along the primary route for the transportation of agricultural and other resource goods from the hinterland areas to the city of Vancouver. The sculpture proposed is of an old draught horse sitting on its hind legs with its front legs extended. Horses do not sit, as it is awkward for them to get up from such a position. But, in such a pose, it is the farm animal, surrounded by the cacophony of agricultural route transformed into a present-day vehicular thoroughfare, that acts as a sentinel watching the endless parade of urban activities. In the distance in the background on another part of the development is sited a huge log with its chain around it broken off, presumably from the horse.