A bronze figurine of a man in snowshoes on a red steel plank pulls on a bronze rope in this playful outdoor sculpture by P. Roch Smith. This narrative in metal is balanced on a black steel upright.

This work is from a series of three sculptures in the artist's Canadiana series. The other two are Tug of War and Portage.

Originally from Vancouver, P. Roch Smith now lives and maintains a studio in Toronto. Smith received a BFA (Honours Sculpture) from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (ECIAD - 1997) and an MFA from York University (2003). A teacher as well as an artist, Smith has taught classes at the University of Waterloo, ECIAD and York University. He currently manages and operates the bronze and aluminum foundry at York University.

Smith has exhibited throughout Canada and in the US and his work is included in private, corporate and museum collections in British Columbia, Toronto, Los Angeles and New York.