Sculptor

Andre Vanne was born in Johannesburg South Africa in 1949. The only son of a photographer, he spent his early years training with his father and became a professional photographer, working in South Africa and London. Having developed a keen eye for line and form, he turned his hand to wood carving and founded the internationally famous Feathers Studio and Galleries. Feathers Galleries spread to the US and Europe taking Andre's unique style into collections around the globe.

Wanting to express himself further he turned his hand to working in bronze. Andre migrated to Australia in 2000 and settled in the Northern Rivers region of NSW where he continues to create bronzes and mixed media sculpture in collaboration with his wife, Catherine. Catherine is an accomplished painter and sees to the patination of Andre's bronzes and the painting of his mixed media pieces.