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Carved back in 1997, Cactus Jack is a larger piece that I normally do.  I put him out in the wind with the blown hair and feather.  I also put him in the IWC show in Iowa where he took a 2nd place ribbon. Comments welcome.

Over the years I’ve done quite a number of these little warriors.  One even made it into a national museum at Woolaroc.  A  So…..Here are 3 Little Beavers along with the patterns I used to create them.  The side profile is less than 2″  and the front is just over that a bit.  The head…

I’ve carved a lot of what I consider Classic carvings over the years and this one is one of those.  I say Classic because I think it captures the best of my carving and also displays a great example of what some might say is my twisted attempt at humor.  Looking at that carving of…

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.

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…

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…

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.

Here’s a post about a great day at the Wichita Woodcarving Show back in April, 2008.  Happenings like this make it all worthwhile!.

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…

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…