Trevor Askin At Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15/01/09

Trevor Askin At Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Queenstown

Toi o Tahuna is currently holding a showing of Trevor Askin’s bronze sculptures at their Church Lane gallery.

Trevor Askin is a well-known New Zealand sculptor. He has lived in Timaru for the past 41 years and has been casting his own work from a foundry in his back garden for the past 30 years. He completes every step in the production of his bronze sculptures himself, unlike many artists working in this difficult medium. He cast his first bronze in 1980.

Over the years, Trevor Askin has developed his own style of abstracted sculpture. He calls his style “ Curvi-linear” to describe the unique way that the bronze appears to be folded and rounded.

Trevor uses the method of lost wax casting (Cire Perdue) to make his sculptures. “There is a nobility about bronze” and an everlastingness that Trevor revels in. His sculptures are made to last forever.

He considers himself a “very amateur ornithologist” and is especially known for his sculptures of birds. He has always enjoyed observing nature and also the interaction between birds. From where he lives he is able to observe many different birds – ducks, herons, oyster –catchers, and gulls. Many of his bronze sculptures capture the intricacies of his observations of his surrounding natural environment

Trevor’s work is included in many private as well as public collections in New Zealand and around the world. He has won many art prizes throughout his career. He recently won the WestpacTrust Art Award in 2006. His unique semi-abstract “curvilinear” sculptures are widely sought after by overseas buyers and he has a considerable following in New Zealand.

Trevor Askin’s sculptures are on display at Toi o Tahuna until the end of January.

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