The artwork Bay Bébé II is a life-size figurative sculpture of a foal. Intended to share a view of the history and culture of settler Canada, the figure refers to rural life and the relationships between people and animals. Domesticated animals and humans are considered by this artist to be interlinked at the deepest levels of survival. Horses have played an integral part of farm life, which has an important resonance to Burnaby area agricultural history. Joe Fafard expresses this symbiotic relationship that exists between animals and the people of his home province, Saskatchewan. Fafard is one of a handful of Saskatchewan artists that found themselves outside contemporary aesthetic standards in the Sixties, but whose work has nonetheless made a lasting impact. Bay Bébé II figures his commitment to create artwork with immediate and accessible sources.