This gravity defying sculpture by renowned artist Nancy Rubins is installed at a plaza in the Concord Brentwood community in Burnaby, B.C., part of a corporate public art program.
A cluster of found aluminum canoes and industrially fabricated metal canoes painted yellow, blue, green, white, and orange is suspended in midair, transforming everyday objects into an engineered abstraction.
Winnie’s Pleasure (title of the sculpture) glistens with the changing light and reflects the surrounding natural beauty, including nearby Burnaby Lake and Deer Lake. Commissioned by Concord Brentwood as part of its public art program, the sculpture was officially unveiled June 5, 2025.
More on the installation on Facebook, here.
NOTE: Nancy Rubins also created a larger installation, called The Big Edge, with 200 full-sized boats in the middle of the towering glass skyscrapers that make up the Las Vegas CityCenter plaza.
The U.S. sculpture combines more than 200 aluminum canoes, kayaks, rowboats, and sailboats, each weighing between 60 and 125 pounds, into one flowering cluster. Built in 2009, Big Edge stands at a length of 75 feet.
Note: This is a new weekend feature called Sculpture Saturday (after the six-year-long Sketchbook Saturday series ran its course)
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