Another colorful piece. Same pose…different Indian! You will see a lot like that. But each piece will still be unique. That’s important to me. Comments welcome.
Month: April 2025
Buffalo Hump
A lot of these characters, Indians or Cowboys, were created before I started my first Google Blogspot site back in 2006. Just the photos I took at the time. I think I did post to the old Woodcarving Illustrated blog back then but that was lost long ago when they changed to the one they…
Spotted Buffalo
Here’s another painting challenge. I really used the colors when painting that appaloosa. Blues, black, white, even a touch of brown. To get the blends I used my favorite brush….my finger. As I paint with a wet figure, it give me the chance to blend colors together on the surface of the piece. He’s a…
Princess Red Bird and Chief Many Feathers
Well the lady seems pleased but I don’t know about the Chief. Something must have happened in the tepee ! One thing for sure, they sure know how to dress up for the Pow Wow! Comments welcome.
Indian Brave
This is an early one. Carved back in 1999. He’s clearly ready for battle…decked out with his lance, shield, bow and arrows, tommyhawk, and I’ll bet there’s a knife behind that shield. Native Americans are a joy to carve and paint. There are details galore and then there’s the painting challenge. Oh, and the research…
A Clean Sweep In Wichita!
Here’s a post about a great day at the Wichita Woodcarving Show back in April, 2008. Happenings like this make it all worthwhile!.
War Horse
I did a whole collection of War Horse’s for a collector down in Texas back in the late ’90s. Hopefully, more photos of them will turn up as we go on. This one is quite colorful and is decked out with all the required gear for a fully qualified terror of the plains. I can’t…
Pedro
I did this full body version of the Pancho piece shortly after the previous one in ’98. This little guy only stands about 8″ tall but he’s a pretty neat little figure. I know I always smiled when I saw him….maybe it’s the size of that hog-leg hanging on his cumberbund. Pedro and Pancho…
Pancho
Believe it or not….I finally finished going through the Cowboy box of camera photos! Now it’s on to photos of Indians, Mexicans, Mountain Men, Explorers, and who knows what else might turn up as we go through that pile of envelopes. I will start with the carving of “Pancho”, done back in ’98. He took…
West Texas Tank
It was challenge to construct this one. The windmill was based on the wooden windmill towers we saw on a trip through west Texas. The fan was made from tin ductwork. The Aero pump motor and the other fan and pipe components were also made from metal and wire. I turned the water tank on…