“Whale and Lighthouse” black and white scrimshaw on ancient walrus tooth ivory by Gerry Dupont. Curious whale wants to look around. Humpbacks are known to do this simply to find their bearings. Nice work by Dupont, as usual.
“Morgan Returning Home” black and white scrimshaw on ancient walrus tooth ivory by Gerry Dupont. Famous whaler Charles W. Morgan returns to port after a long and successful voyage. Excellent composition for this slim walrus tooth, but one would expect that of Dupont.
Black and white scrimshaw on ancient walrus tooth ivory by Gerry Dupont. Excellent rendition of a famous brigantine by scrimshander, Dupont. The entire surface has been worked as Dupont always does a first class job. Professional.
“Long Gone Whale” black and white scrimshaw on ancient walrus tooth ivory by Gerry Dupont. Unusually shaped tooth, fat in the middle, great for scrimshaw. Wise whale sounds as approaching ship could mean danger. He has seen this before.
“Returning Clipper Ship” black and white scrimshaw on ancient walrus tooth ivory by Gerry Dupont. Clipper passes lighthouse after a long, successful voyage to California.
Nice color in this tooth, the result of minerals that have been absorbed into the tooth over hundreds of years when it was buried in the Northern Bering Sea area.
“Whaler and Sounding Whale” black and white scrimshaw on ancient walrus tooth ivory by Gerry Dupont. Nice composition by award winning scrimshander, Dupont. Really llike the spot of white in the ivory, like rays of sunshine in a cloudy day. Nice stand, as well.
“Right Whale Portrait” black and white scrimshaw on ancient walrus tooth ivory by Gerry Dupont. The “right” whale to harpoon because it did not sink when harpooned. Note the way Dupont has mirrored the shape of the tooth to that of the whale. Brilliant.
“Sperm Whale Portrait” black and white scrimshaw on ancient walrus tooth ivory by Gerry Dupont. Bull sperm whale alone in the depths. Award winning scrimshander, Dupont, always does a great job depicting whales as can easily be seen here.
“Humpback and Lighthouse” black and white scrimshaw on ancient walrus tooth ivory by Gerry Dupont. Curious humpback takes a look at a lighthouse. No need to use it for navigation as the whale knows the route and the weather is always the same for him. Nice combination, however.
“Bull Sperm Whale and Friends” black and white scrimshaw on ancient walrus tooth ivory by Gerry Dupont. Creative composition by Dupont on this one. The sperm whale is extremely well done. The “friends” in the title refer to s small school of fish around the whale, perhaps looking for leftovers. Attractive black palm stand completes the picture.