Title

The Eagle and the Dove

Artist

Spicer, Glenn

Date

2001

Medium

stone

Type

sculpture

Owner

Central Park Place Strata

Accession Number

NA

Location

Central Park Place

Category

Private Development Public Art

Collection

Public Art

Lat/Long

49.229760,-123.002784

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This abstract stone sculpture of an eagle and dove was carved by Maple Bay native Glenn Spicer. It was commissioned by Central Park Developments Inc. in January 2001, and dedicated to the people of Burnaby, B.C..

Glenn Spicer (b.1947) was born in Toronto. He graduated from Guelph University with a B.Sc in Biology, and continued to work there as a scientific illustrator, later as a scientific sculptor, for the new Dinosaur Gallery of the Royal Ontario Museum. In 1976, Glenn moved to Vancouver where he received Professional Teaching Certification in Biology and Fine Arts. He studied sculpture at the Emily Carr College of Art under the tutelage of such accomplished artists as Mark Prent, Geirge Ramel and George Norris. The Vancouver Aquarium hired him as the Senior Display Artist during the construction of the award winning Graham Amazon Gallery where he was in charge of a team of seven artists. He worked with Karl Schutz at the Chemainus Festival of Murals. In 1984, Glenn moved to Maple Bay on Vancouver Island. There he built a house and studio (The Studio Metamorphoses) by the ocean, overlooking Saltspring Island .Until he retired for health reasons, he had been occupied exhibiting and working on commissions in Sculpture, Illustration, Photography, Printmaking and Stained Glass. His sculptures are cast, carved and/constructed in bronze, copper, steel, fiberglass, reinforced concrete, glass, stone, wood, tile and mixed media.