Glen LeMesurier began working on his Twilight Sculpture Garden in 1999 when it was an empty lot. Since then, he has filled it with 80 sculptures and a field of sweet clover.
Sculptor Glen LeMesurier crouches by one of his iron sculptures in his Twilight Sculpture Garden in Montreal's Mile End on Aug. 1, 2023.
The sculpture garden is an "essential" part of the Mile End, according to borough councillor Marie Sterlin. One time, she says, a resident floated the idea of adding a dog park where the garden is located, causing an "uproar" from the community. In another instance, she sayswhen nearby locals mistakenly confused the proposed site for the garden.
French filmmakers Amandine Gay, centre, and Enrico Bartolucci, right, speak with Montreal sculptor Glen LeMesurier, left, about public art on a trail in the Mile End.LeMesurier primarily does this all of his own accord, using revenue from selling metal works from his workshop to account for the time and resources he invests into the sculptures. Inside 135 Van Horne Ave., he makes everything from candle holders and metal trinkets to fences, doors and giant wood burning towers.
Still, LeMesurier says the system isn't ideal. Each commission from the city or a borough gives him $1,500, regardless of the scale of the project. The costs of materials and moving the works are usually fronted by him as well. But all this work comes at a cost. Now 62, LeMesurier says the physical toll of decades of welding and heavy lifting is beginning to catch up with him. Still, he intends to keep creating art for as long as he can.
Inside his studio, a sign from the city describes him as a "prolific artist" whose work has been displayed in Europe and the United States, best known locally for the"There's always people in [the garden]," he said. "There's lovers here at night. There's tai chi here in the day." One donor, Karl Martel, describes spending many emotional moments in the sculpture garden — picnics, heartbreak, a late-night dance in the rain, memories with his two-year-old daughter.
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