Someone appears a little unsettled about the new guy trying to join the Out West tribe! Usually, this is a normal occurrence around camp. I guess we’ll just have to wait to see if he’s welcomed or there’s a dust-up in his future! Comments welcome. Don’t forget to subscribe!!
Category: Sculpture
Sorry Boys – It’s Beans Again!
Okay! Let’s set the scene! The sun is just peaking over the east horizon. There’s a smell of burnt bacon in the air and a ravenous mob of coyotes have decimated the egg box! Fortunately, for the newly hired hash-slinger, there’s yesterday’s beans and a pot of weak coffee are still on the menu. Unfortunately,…
Carving A Chuckwagon Cook – Parts 4 & 5
Here are parts 4 and 5 of the current video project. The carving part of the figure is wrapped up! No more messing with that very hard piece of wood!! In Part 6 we’ll add a couple of details that will complete the carving and then move on to it’s preparation for the paint table….
Carving A Chuckwagon Cook Bust – Part 1
Ok! Here we go with a NEW video project. I know it’s been quite sometime since Judy and I sat down and opened up the Out West Gallery video production office so it’s going to take a little bit of effort to get things oiled up to where they were before. This is going to…
It’s HOT!!
The Okie Kid
Here’s one I just finished yesterday. This is the first full bodied Cowboy I’ve managed to complete since last year and a few months further back from that point. I won’t belabor the reasons other than to mention a heart operation and a new home. We gave up country living and moved into town. The…
Montana Pete
Believe it or not….I actually finished a new carving!! The story behind this one came about during a discussion about Cowboy hats at our Tuesday carving meeting. I’ve always liked the Montana Peak style which was popular in the Old West and has since been adopted by many Highway Patrols and the Boy Scouts….
Looking Back!
I’m still trying to figure out this new Blog format they’ve stuck me with. So while I do that I thought maybe I would jump in the Wayback machine and pull up some photos of carvings you might not have seen. So let’s start with this one. I titled this piece “Global Warming”! Pretty easy…
Just Testing!
This is a carving I did a while back. I’m posting this to see just what changes my website have made over the previous options I used since starting this site years ago. Why they changed everything is beyond me considering it seemed to work so well…at least for me. Hopefully, I can figure out…
SCALAWAG!
Here’s my latest creation. While he turned out great with lots of character and paint, I spent quite some time trying to come up with a name for this scoundrel, but reflecting back on his actions at the last rendezvous, Scalawag seems to be a perfect fit. Some of the other words that I picked…




