The Remains of

By: Cameron Kennedy

The view of Main Street, modern day

The creator of this piece used metal

and paint to create something using symmetry, lines,

and words to represent in a

public fashion what the town was in it’s

glory days

The plaque for the town that

once was

• This sign was erected by the Glen Bain Historic Society in 1992

-The Town Wells-They were made with shaped metal, and wood. These pieces are more about being functional yet are still aesthetically pleasing. They are artistic because of the colours.

The Remaining House

• This house was probably not from the time of the town, but it still seems so fitting and is right in the middle of where the town was.

The Remains

This is considerably artistic because of where it was placed, it is

symmetrical and it’s use of shapes (pyramid, prisms and squares)

This old hall is still used for the occasional New Year’s party.(the art is on the inside)

-The remaining houses-

One used to also be used as the Post Office.

The United Church

This is quite artistic with it’s colours and shapes, and brick texture. I really like the tower, it gives it a theme of the Medieval times.

The railroad is always something I see as art, it’s lines and simple colour, it’s textured metal and wood work. This can be seen as encouraging to something’s coming, it has a certain feeling to it.

The public buildings in Bateman all have a lot of shapes. Trapezoids, triangles, squares, and circles. It all seems to look so interesting. The colours of the door on this building really make it stand out.

The Old Autobody Shop

This building with it’s complete tin siding/roofing really looks old-fashioned and the flags in the front are interesting.

This rounded building is different because it uses shingles that look like bricks where usually you’d see tin. I enjoy it’s symmetry and the writing on the door simply explains the use of the building.

The Old Rink

This old beauty was the center of fun for fans watching the Bateman Blues. It’s round shape (with a rectangle on the side) and the simple grey and white colours are nice. The dirt and destruction of it-and other parts of town-give it a natural and old texture which is cool.

Peace Lutheran Church

This building uses formal symmetry and the pentagon shape as the background for the siding that was recently taken partly off. I really enjoy the simple colours.

This picture really reflects the metal work of this sign, the rounded top and bottom give shape, and the lines cut out of the school house give it texture It also uses light as a part to make the piece stand out with it’s black colour.

The Remains of the School

The basement of the school was filled with dirt after the walls were taken down. You can still see the tiles from the school floor. A design you see in schools today

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This was my favourite part for picture taking, the tires giving everything texture, and the poles making a line of informal symmetry and the lines that are perfectly placed on the wood (near the slide and the top left picture)

The Art of a Ghost Town

Although I do not have much for information, I would say that the remains of these towns is an art form that takes more than a people. I have seen the test of time challenge these places and the nature around them, what’s left here is not defined by any name, it’s defined by the community that was there. It’s best to look at Google maps to see where they are, the pictures were all taken from outside.