Nigel Scanlon is an artist/ designer/ sculptor with an incredible aesthetic sensibility. He has a natural ability to translate Maori iconography, not just from carved forms but also from raranga & tukutuku forms as seen here with his Waka tiwai, into successful & astoundingly beautiful contemporary sculptural forms. An uri of Whanganui, he is based mainly around Auckland, Waiheke & Raglan. Nigel is a regular at stone symposiums around Aotearoa and recently came back to Whanganui for Te Kahuitanga stone symposium on the Whanganui River bank, organised by long time friend & fellow sculptor/ artist, Aaron Te Rangiao. The symposium was run in conjunction with Whanganui Open Artists studios- organiser, Jo Ockey.
Nigel has attended stone symposiums in Thailand & is the creator of the branding for Primal (popular New Zealand label).
For more information on Nigel, see his website: http://www.nigelscanlon.com/