John Van Alstine

World-renowned stone sculptor John Van Alstine’s interpretation of nature’s interaction with the manmade world extends from his art to his home to his appreciation of the world around him.

Large-scale abstract sculptures of found stone with steel and bronze surround and occupy many of the six buildings on his nine-acre complex—the former Adirondack Lumber Company mill along the Sacandaga River. The property, once his summertime studio, has, over time, transformed into his home and “world headquarters” for his studio and studios for the marble and granite work of his wife Caroline Ramersdorfer. The buildings are bordered by a spectacular sculpture garden of both artists’ works—twenty pieces in all—and beyond them, the banks of the Sacandaga. The curved and fluid stone and metal figures provide both a contrast and a complement