I have recently been accepted into the Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) on Granville Island, Vancouver, Canada. It has been decades since sculptors have been part of the FCA, but due to the perseverance of my friend and colleague, Bruce
I am participating in Diving In BC's "The Art of Cleaning Lakes and Oceans" project, along with ten other artists from North Vancouver to Pemberton, BC, Canada.
Beijing winter olympics 2022 public art
In the Fall of 2020, I was invited to submit a proposal for a public art solution for the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022. I received an email from my friend, Shangxi Zhu asking if I would be interested and after
On St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2021, I was interviewed by my friend, EXP Realtor Pat Love. Ms. Love has a video blog wherein she interviews local North Vancouver business people on the website, Park Bench. Since I live in
I’ve been experimenting with creating virtual maquettes for sculpture projects, using the application ZBrush for a few years now. The above illustration shows a female nude that I sculpted virtually and had tested as a 3D print in plastic and
I am pleased that our gallery, Binkley Studio Ltd. is a participating venue in the Squamish Art Walk 2020. The Art Walk runs the month of November, and is presented by the Squamish Arts Council. Our gallery will be open
West Vancouver Recreation Centre I've just received my 170th consecutive job application rejection. Over the past 40 years, I've submitted to 170 municipal open call public art competitions and I've been rejected from all of them. Every. Single. One. I've never
Auguste Rodin is a sculptor whose work I've long admired, so it was moving for me to witness his sculpture, "The Burghers of Calais" while Michelle and I visited the city. I've always wanted to see this edition of the sculpture,
I wrote previously of my experience as Artist in Residence in Andalusia, Spain. Here are still photos of "Macael Maiden" (above, a 5 foot tall torso) and "Emergence" (below, a 5 foot long horse emerging from a breaking ocean wave),
Binkley Visits Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain
I have always wanted to visit the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, Spain and I finally realized this goal with a visit on February 10, 2019. I have read about the architecture of the Museum and seen a few photographs of it,