A different sort of rock star

When Iqaluit-born Kevin Tikivik began carving a huge chunk of granite with a diamond-cutting drill in 2014, in Parc des Chutes de Denholm, Quebec, some people had gathered to watch. He asked a little girl what she saw and she said a star. “So Kevin said, OK, I’m going to do a star,” said Denis Marceau, “and years from now when you come up here, you will see the star that was made for you.” Marceau, also an artist, was president of the park board back then and helped rejuvenate the park, which had fallen into disrepair and disuse. The now popular revitalized park, about an hour’s drive north of Ottawa, features stunning waterfalls and a trail of sculptures. In winter’s low light, Tikivik’s images were hard to see so snow was added to the grooves—a fitting addition to a work of Inuit art. Tikivik now lives in Montreal. (Photo by Lisa Gregoire)