Che Vincent Taniwha Wall Hanging

Taniwha (mythical Maori sea/water creature with spiritual powers) wall hanging sculpture by Tasman Sculptor Che Vincent. Mild steel and paua.

80 cms in length

ARTIST STATEMENT : I see a lot of beauty in this world. Beauty in the patterns of growth and life and in the mechanisms of survival. Beauty in the forms of function. As a child I immersed myself in the world of meadows and streams that surrounded our house in the Moutere. I was infinitely more interested in my surroundings than a formal education. My art reflects my fascination with the patterns of life, the fractal nature of growth. My desire is to deconstruct and redesign. For me the beauty is in the mechanisms of survival that form the random cohesion that surrounds us. Form and function are inextricably related and could be one word.