photo courtesy Zach the Traveling Man My sculpture, “Mia Piccola Foglia” has been successfully installed on the newly launched Celebrity Ascent cruise ship, gracing the Café al Bacio on deck 4. Special thanks to Zach, the Traveling Man for his video that captured my sculpture in situ. I’m very pleased with the pedestal they chose and its placement between windows on the starboard side of the ship. They’ve also dramatically lit the sculpture with a lovely down lights. The sculpture is located at the end of a hightop table where passengers can relax with their laptops as they enjoy a coffee. “Mi ..read more

The next stage of my commission for 16 sculptures for a major hotel in Singapore is upon me. The hotel wants a particular type of marble for two of the sculptures, so I’ve purchased a large block of Nero Marquina marble which is quarried in Spain. Since Carrara, Italy is a major international stone export hub, the block of stone was shipped from Spain to Carrara, where my US supplier bought the block. It subsequently went to his facility in Kansas, via Philadelphia, USA, then on to my studio. The block of stone has ample dimensions both in width and depth, however the block was 56″ long and I ..read more

Now that I have completed the 12 identical sculptures for the hotel in Singapore, I’m starting the 13th and 14th sculptures. Once again, these are inspired from pieces that I’ve already created. Above left is a variation on “Sand Dance” and on the right, a piece fashioned after “Egg Shell”. These two are carved from cipollino marble, and I purchased a new block of this stone for these sculptures. The marble block arrived at my studio from Carrara, Italy: I’ve split the large block into pieces that are the right height for the individual sculptures, and here, I’m bucking up those into even sm ..read more

Once again, I’ll be participating in the Squamish Arts annual ArtWalk 2023 both as a venue (the gallery & studio) and as an artist. You are welcome to come check out my current collection of sculptures in the gallery and see the progress of my latest commissions in the studio The ArtWalk lasts for the month of July, but due to a family wedding in Alberta in the middle of the month for me, I’ll not be in studio from July 7 – 17. You are welcome to visit me any other time. I look forward to seeing you ..read more

My commission to carve 16 sculptures for a prominent hotel in Singapore is progressing. I’ve completed the first 12 sculptures and above is all of them awaiting final packing and crating before making their journey across the Pacific Ocean. These are three of the 12 identically shaped sculptures that were inspired by a sculpture I carved a few years ago, titled “The Harp”, which is in a private collection in PA, USA. You can see the varied patterning of the cipollino marble that all 12 are carved from. In fact, all the sculptures have been carved from a single block of the Italian marble and ..read more

My niece, Olivia Richardson and my multi-media piece “Thank You, But I Don’t Need Goggles” has found a home at the head office of Encorp Pacific in Burnaby, BC, Canada. Following the year long travelling exhibition, “Diving In: The Art of Cleaning Lakes and Oceans” during 2022, the artworks created were put up for auction to raise funds. Our piece was chosen by the Sea to Sky Arts Councils to be presented to Encorp Pacific to honour their lead sponsorship of the project. Me and Olivia (with studio foreman, Finn) with “Thank You, But I Don’t Need Goggles” Encorp Pacific was “thrilled to have i ..read more

After almost a year of negotiations, I’m pleased to announce that a prominent hotel in Singapore has commissioned me to create 16 stone sculptures for their interior. Art consultants, Sweeney Co. are overseeing the procurement of the art and they selected me to produce the 16 sculptures. I have been tasked to create 12 identical marble sculptures for individual rooms and as the hotel interior designers have fallen in love with a sculpture in my portfolio that has already been sold, I am creating the new pieces inspired by that sculpture. The 12 identical pieces will be very similar to “The Har ..read more

I am pleased to announce that one of the two sculptures that the Federation of Canadian Artists accepted into their premier 2023 exhibition, “Active Member Exhibition” was chosen Best Sculpture in Show. “Mermaid” was not only selected for this honour, but the sculpture also sold during the exhibition. It is now being enjoyed in a private collection on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Unfortunately, due to continuing concerns regarding COVID, there was not an opening reception vernissage for the exhibition, however with the gallery being on the very popular Vancouver visitor destination of Granvi ..read more

The Squamish ArtWalk returns this year to a summer timeline and one free of COVID restrictions, presented by the Squamish Arts Council! ArtWalk 2022 runs the month of July and our gallery studio is one of the participating venues. Michelle and I invite you to visit us and see the current collection of artwork we have on display. Now that indoor restrictions are lifted, you can visit with us without that annoying face mask (though we will respect your wishes to continue wearing yours, of course!) muffling our voices. The Squamish Arts Council is organizing studio tours by bicycle and the tour ..read more

Binkley and his niece, Olivia Richardson unveil their Diving In BC art project, which they have been working on once a week for several weeks. Diving In BC is a group of volunteer divers who have been cleaning the bottoms of waterways in the Sea to Sky corridor, salvaging trash. To bring attention to their work, they have partnered with the Arts Council Alliance which has engaged 11 artists to create artworks from this trash. The resulting artworks will tour the Sea to Sky corridor for the remainder of this year. Michael Binkley invited his niece, Olivia Richardson to join him in creating the ..read more