Jim Wheeler - Lancewood Leaf Transition

Jim Wheeler’s Lancewood Leaf Transition is a sculpture of one of New Zealand's unique native trees, Lancewood, or horoeka. The lance-like foliage changes as the tree matures so the tree looks remarkably different when mature.

As Wheeler states: "Lancewoods have always fascinated me since the first time I walked in the bush. Having emigrated here from the USA where I studied forest ecology and sculpture I was doubly struck finding the juvenile leaves lying on the forest floor! The unusual length with the toothed edges are extremely sculptural. I soon learned that these juvenile leaves metamorphose into completely difference adult forms! What a rich metaphor of adaptation."

- Bronze
- 2021
- 200mm length
- Open edition