Embroidery and the Whale

I have finally put the final embroidered details on my Humpback Whale piece in my Beasts series. It take tenacity and patience to work through all these embroidered details but that's what I signed up for when I moved in this direction. 

detail of the whale's barnacle-covered snout. 

detail of the whale's barnacle-covered snout. 

Please click through the gallery below to see more details: 

"Antongil Bay" - Humpback Whale .  36" x 72" x 2" (overall dimension for diptych) 

"Antongil Bay" - Humpback Whale .  36" x 72" x 2" (overall dimension for diptych)