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Master Whale Sculptor
exquisite carved whales and marine mammals for the corporate and private collector......
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WOODEN PLAQUES


Pointing Hands
Whale Series
9" x 32"

My plaques are available on line or through these fine shops and galleries. Cick on image for large view of plaque.

Third edition of the Moby Dick Series. This is a limited edition of 100 carvings, each signed numbered and dated. I call this my perspective design.

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"Moby Dick "
The first new whale plaque in several years! The Minke! Smallest of the balleen whales. It can reach a length of 35 feet and has interesting and striking markings.

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"Minke"
Working in the distinguished tradition of Clark Voorhees, my mentor, I've been sculpting wooden cetaceans with exacting lifelike detail for decades.

ORDER"Harbor Seal"

Right whales, humpbacks, and sperm whales form the heart of my work.

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"Beluga Whale"

For private whale fanciers, the smaller (32") plaques may be more collectible.



ORDER "Blue Whale"


These profiles are well observed whales too, but styled in the ornamental manner of New England decoys and weather vanes.


ORDER Sperm Whale - Tail Back

Using native Vermont timbers, my hand-carving reveals my own playful imagination as well as the sly humor folk art has always brought to icons



ORDER Sperm Whale - Tail down

As with the larger naturalistic sculptures, each whale sports an individual personality. These traditional sculptures are painted with historic materials.


ORDER Humpback Whale

Seven applications of pigment achieve subtle patinas for a finish of exquisite antiquing.

ORDER Narwhal

Visitors are welcome to the Weston, Vermont studio where, on any given day you may see a humpback whale surfacing from bass-wood shavings or a sperm whale getting his teeth stained grey.



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Right Whale


Each species will have a limited edition and new species may be introduced from time to time.

Bowhead Whale
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At around $495 the plaques are affordable signed and dated originals just as my grand museum pieces.

Dolphin 2001
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Dolphin

Gargantuans!

Manatee
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Manatee

Be sure to check out the Gargantuans, a very limited number of hand carved mantel plaques measuring 54"or 57" long. Each piece signed and numbered.

Great White Shark
ORDER Great White Shark

 

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My plaques are available through these fine shops and galleries:


The Scrimshaw Workshop, Bar Harbor, ME 207 667 0735
Scrimshaw Gallery, Sausalito, CA 415 331 1409 http://www.scrimshawgallery.com/
Four Winds Craft Guild , Nantucket, MA 800 686 0960 http://www.sylviaantiques.com/inside.html

Whaler's Locker, Lahaina, Maui, HI 808 661 3775
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA (508) 997-0046 http://www.whalingmuseum.org/
Turner Sculpture, Onley, VA (757) 787-2818 http://www.turnersculpture.com/index.htm


Whales In Vermont Galleries, Weston, Vt (802) 824-3604 www.wickahrens.com
Fred L Woods Nautical, Marblehead, MA, (781) 631-0221

The Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA (508) 693-0455 http://www.granarygallery.com/

Art Of The Sea, South Thomaston, ME (207) 594-9396 http://www.artofthesea.com/
Columbia Trading Co, Hyannis, MA (508) 778 2929 http://www. columbiatrading.com

J Russell Jinishian Gallery, Fairfield, CT (203) 255-4613 http://www.jrusselljinishiangallery.com/
Yankee Accent, Osterville, MA (508) 428-2332

 

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WICK AHRENS . BOX 158 . WESTON, VT 05161 . 802-824-3604 . wick@wickahrens.com
sculpted with
foredom tools

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