Month: August 2024

Originally published on January, 2015- – Painted this one yesterday.  Not that much to say about him other than I spent a little extra time on his hat.  I like the colors and hope you do too.

I put the final touches to this reprobate yesterday.  Took a few liberties by adding some real hair (horse hair actually!) which really brings him to life.  I also repainted his upraised arm and sword to make the piece a little more acceptable if that’s possible.  I left a little on his outer tunic to…

With the advent of the New Year I finally wrapped this one up this morning so now he can chow down on those beans!.  I really like the way the jacket painting turned out.  To me it looks exactly like a worn denim jacket.  I originally had planned on having just the figure with his…

Published on December 31, 2014 -Here’s the last one for this year.  Haven’t fixed on a name for him yet.  Sometimes it takes a while for one to show up.  Anyway, hope you like him.  Comments welcome. 

Here’s a detail of an upcoming carving I’m in the process of creating. I still have to add a few feathers to the hanging cloth.  The photo is kind of dark but it will brighten up in better lighting. It turned out pretty nice even with my ageing eyes not being what they used to…

Well he’s done and I think I’ll put him in my “Classic” folder as he measures up as an example of my best work.  Since the last post I added the side drops and rosettes to the headdress which completes the picture. With the base he measures just over 12″.  Another thing you might notice…

For a long time I’ve been wanting to attempt to make a Native American wearing a war bonnet made with individual feathers.  So, I sat down and carved 20 feathers about 5 inches in length out of pretty thin wood.  I went ahead and painted them as to do that after they were installed on…

I’ve been working on this one for quite sometime and finally put the finishing touches on it today.  I had thought all that black would just overpower the figure but I think it looks pretty good.  I did do a little dry brushing to bring out the details and wrinkles a little.  I wish I…

Originally published on November 19, 2014 – I also used this one as part of my demonstration at the Dayton, Ohio show and finally finished painting him up yesterday.  I think he turned out really well.  I’ve carved Buffalo Bill many times over  years as he’s always been one of my heros since childhood.  Hope…

Originally published on November 14, 2014 This is the piece I used during my demonstration on painting at the Dayton, Ohio show last weekend.  I was a little worried about whether the limited amount of paint I was able to apply during the allotted hour I was given would carry over and match the other…