Lunar Transitions, by Fred Dobbs, won the public vote in this yearB次元官网网址檚 ArtsAlive.

Voting began in the spring and ended in October on the by artists and on display throughout the community this year. The winning piece is considered for purchase by the community.

B次元官网网址淭his original piece designed for the 2017 ArtsAlive theme, Transitions, has resonated with the community,B次元官网网址� said Barbara Adams, Oak BayB次元官网网址檚 arts laureate. The sculpture is sponsored by the Oak Bay Business Improvement Association.

In second place was the wind piece by Doug Taylor called B次元官网网址淏odi FrogB次元官网网址� located on Willows Beach and sponsored by Marc Owen-Flood.

The sculpture with the third most votes was the B次元官网网址淭he Gate KeeperB次元官网网址� by David Hunwick, sponsored by BarclayB次元官网网址檚 Fine Jewelers and located near Oak Bay and Monterey avenues.

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Only $2,000 more is needed to purchase . Pursued by a pack of five welded steel wolves, the plate steel cut-out of an alert buck uses negative space to create a window through which we can regain our lost perspective.

B次元官网网址淓xploring the intersection of nature and culture, The Hunt examines the discord between our primal instincts and social expectations,B次元官网网址� Hall wrote in his artists statement about the piece. B次元官网网址淲e are invited to examine our emotional response at both ends of this cycle and to relate this to our own experiences - what does it feel like to be the hunter, and the hunted? How do our bodies react to these situations? How does society expect us to deal with them? Does social convention allow for adequate resolution of our emotions or perpetuate conflict within ourselves?B次元官网网址�

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