For fifty years, Adirondack artist John Van Alstine has been creating sculptures, sometimes monumental in size, from found stone, discarded steel...

Jun 23, 2022 — For fifty years, Adirondack artist John Van Alstine has been creating sculptures, sometimes monumental in size, from found stone, discarded steel beams and chunks of wood. His home and art space in Wells, NY, includes workshops, a historic lumber mill and an outdoor sculpture garden along the west branch of the Sacandaga River.

Van Alstine’s abstract art breathes life into inanimate objects, and combines elements of mythology, nature, and modern technology.  Todd Moe spoke with him recently about his show, titled “Transformations”, at the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, that includes sixty works tracing his career from his student days at St. Lawrence University, to massive artwork on display at galleries, museums and sculpture parks around the world .