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"Veteran"
"Veteran"
Acrylic on sandwood
46" x 28" x 3/4"
2024

First encountered in the Gulf of Maine in 1986, the humpback whale Veteran is adorned with scars that suggest encounters with orcas a possibly even entanglement. This female survived her traumas to produce a calf in 2005, but her narrative is otherwise mysterious, but for her battle-worn fluke.