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Right Whale. I tend to carve a lot of humpback whales as they are the most charismatic of the large whales. However, the status of the North Atlantic Right Whale as one of the most endangered whales species makes them an important subject matter. Given that the Right whale is more “serious” than the humpback, […]
Sea Turtle Usually the sculpture comes first, then I choose the base. Occasionally the base chooses the sculpture. This wooden bowl did that. The moment I picked it up in the thrift store I knew a sea turtle would swim in it. Not only that, it became the next thing I carved. The moose antler […]
Starfish under a September Sky Carved from beef bone and mounted on PEI driftwood. 12” long, 5” high @charlottetownfarmersmarket @peiartsandheritagetrail #starfish #bonecarving #boneart #carved #carvedbone
It would be hard to estimate the number and styles of whales I have carved. Whale jewelry. Whale sculpture. Whales carved in exotic wood, moose, caribou and deer antler, beef bone, and recently carved from plywood and then charred. Small whale pendants and multiple large whales on a 4 foot base. Whales mounted on drift […]
I don’t know how I got started carving tree frogs in antler, but I am somewhat amazed when I go through old sketch books and see how many I have carved in the last 30 plus years. Climbing frogs, hanging frogs, single frogs, pairs of frogs, trios of frogs and once because I had the […]
Wildlife was always the focus of my art. Even as a kid, if I was drawing or painting, my subject matter was wildlife. When I stared carving it was birds. Ducks to start, then song birds, birds of prey and eventually whales in wood. When began to work in antler and bone, it was still […]