Wild Honey
By: Rachel Babineau
Wild Honey | 2023 | Steel & Spray Paint | 8' x 7' x 4'
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“Wild Honey” was designed and painted by Rachel Babineau and fabricated by local artist Frank Ripley. Our local landscape has a lot to teach us. Honeybees are a symbol of community and an example that we are stronger when we work together and support each other. Wildowers show us to bloom wherever we choose and that beauty is often found in unexpected places. “Wild Honey”is a reminder of how special our ecosystem is and that like pollinators and plants we too have an important role to play in maintaining our natural environment. This piece consists of two steel honeycomb structures with both open and lled cells. The open cells have a window-like effect providing different perspectives of both the artwork and the environment as the viewer moves around the piece. I chose to paint the sculpture with vibrant imagery of local wildowers. Highlighting wildowers is important to me as they are often seen as inferior to other plants when in fact much more valuable to our ecosystem.
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Crossroads, Connections and Intersections: Public Art in Orillia
Crossroads, Connections and Intersections builds on the City’s strategic location along the shores of Lakes Couchiching and Simcoe, and the Trent-Severn Waterway. It is the heart of the four communities of Oro-Medonte, Ramara, Severn and The Chippewas of Rama First Nation; Highways 11 and 12 its arteries leading you anywhere you want to go in Canada and beyond. These crossroads, connections and intersections breathe life into the Orillia area. They bring visitors and residents and are the very reason Orillia has been a gathering place for Indigenous peoples for more than 5000 years.
