Wanda Gillespie - Boy with Wings

Wanda Gillespie is an Australian/New Zealand contemporary artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.

She creates evocative woodcarvings that blend detailed and abstracted forms, reimagining familiar objects with new purpose, history, and cultural resonance. Using traditional techniques in contemporary ways, her work questions known histories and the nature of reality.

Gillespie often depicts children as symbolic figures, capturing moments of transition, imagination, and hope in the face of uncertainty.

Boy with Wings shows a child poised between earth and sky, suggesting freedom, transformation, and human imagination. The sculpture reflects both vulnerability and resilience, inviting reflection on hope, potential, and the possibilities of navigating a changing world.

- Carving in Kahikatea, Punga root wings
- Unique artwork
- 170x420x130mm