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I’ve long had a fascination with humpback whales. Their body is unusual in shape and are very sculptural. Peculiar characteristics of humpbacks include the rough, bumpy leading edges of their pectoral flippers, trailing edges of their tail flukes and a protrusion under their chins – all which I portray here.

I’ve carved this humpback in the attitude where the whale has taken a breath and is “humping” over to dive down into the depths of the ocean. I’ve mounted the sculpture on a glass base with a special edge to emulate water.

The medium of this artwork is picasso marble, which is quarried in the state of Utah, USA. This stone is characterized by a brown background with cross hatching of black striations, however this piece is mostly charcoal grey with a block of caramel on the left side of the body and the right tail fluke. I’ve orientated the sculpture within the stone to take advantage of a chocolate brown striation that surrounds the ribcage and passes down both flippers.

I’ve polished the marble to a smooth, high gloss finish to accentuate this colourful marble.

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Michael Binkley

Canada

Sculpture, Glass

Size: 38.1 W x 40.6 H x 20.3 D cm

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I’ve long had a fascination with humpback whales. Their body is unusual in shape and are very sculptural. Peculiar characteristics of humpbacks include the rough, bumpy leading edges of their pectoral flippers, trailing edges of their tail flukes and a protrusion under their chins – all which I port...

Year Created:

2020

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Method:

Sculpture, Glass

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One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

38.1 W x 40.6 H x 20.3 D cm

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Not Applicable

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Not Framed

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Certificate is Included

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Canadian fine artist Michael Binkley, based in Vancouver, BC, Canada is a professional stone sculptor with over 40 years experience and is among Canada’s most successful self-represented artists. Binkley is primarily self-taught and works in a wide range of idiom, scale and type of stone, including marble, granite, jade and limestone. His favourite subject is the human nude, but he also creates pure abstract and wildlife images. Binkley invites you to visit his website, to learn more about this talented artist. He maintains a constantly changing collection of sculpture for sale in his gallery, but Binkley can also create site specific art for your specific needs. He has extensive experience working in collaboration with patrons, gallery owners, art consultants, designers, architects and landscape designers. You work hard to create your comfortable living environment and good quality fine art is an important element in that environment. Have you considered sculpture in your life? Binkley is very approachable and welcomes your inquiries. With Michael Binkley, there is no Artspeak mumbo jumbo - simply real quality fine art stone sculpture from a real human being.

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