BELOIT
Itâs difficult to stroll through Janesville or Beloit and not see multiple sculptures created by artist O.V. âVerneâ Shaffer.
In Janesville, his work can be seen at the Janesville Womanâs Club, One Parker Place, the downtown branch of BMO Harris Bank, Hedberg Public Library and Rotary Botanical Gardens.
Itâs also visible on the Beloit College campus, Beloitâs Riverside Park, Beloit Memorial Hospital and at many other sites in Beloit and throughout Wisconsin.
Shaffer died Feb. 16 in Princeton, Illinois, where he was born. He was 93.
âThis is the end of a legacy,â said Jerry Sveum, president of the Beloit Art Center Board of Directors. âHe has created more public art than any artist in Wisconsin.â