Jim Wheeler - Kauri - Falling Stem

With Jim Wheeler’s small-scale bronze casts titled Kauri - Falling Stem, 2025, it is as if the artist has picked the leaves directly from the forest floor. They speak of the artist’s profound respect for the land around him, his sculpture as homage to the perfected systems of nature. “In essence my sculpture is a spiritual practice; to engage in finding clues to human nature in the natural world." His intricate work is, at its core, a manipulation of natural materials. He has said: “By showing a tree’s life cycle in a small sculpture, held in your hand, allows a tiny insight to speak of a larger truth."

- Cast bronze
- 330 x 185 x 150 mm
- A/P Unique