Category: Sculpture

Carved in 1999, this is a nice example of my earlier Native Americans.  About the only improvement I would make would be the feathers.  Over time I learned that feathers have a natural curve determined by which side of the bird they were taken from.  Once I took this into account it created a much…

Personally, I think this is one of my best pieces.  It really captures a regal look even though it might be a caricature.  That robe looks like you could touch it and feel the soft surface of the buffalo hide.  To top it off the bonnet with it’s racoon tail just completes the piece.  Beautiful!…

Believe it or not, I came across that photo of two of Charles Russel’s Native American dolls in a book at the U.S. Consulate in Leningrad, USSR back in 1980.  The Consulate maintained a small library in the building in case some brave city citizen might make it past the two Military guards stationed out…

Here are two versions of Standing Red Bear.  You will have to forgive me for reusing the name twice.  I have carved a lot of Native Americans so coming up with original names that add appeal to a piece becomes harder to do over time. The first piece was carved back in the 90’s and…

Here is another pretty lady with her little warrior.  Carved back in the 90’s, I can’t remember if this was the first time I added a Papoose to a figure.  I do know it was quite easy to make one.  I originally did this particular figure back in 1998 so the one shown was probably…

Two young ladies wearing their Pow Wow Best. Comments welcome.

Over on the Caricature Carvers Face Book page, a carver ask the question that has been asked at least a thousand times on the best way to apply a finish to their carving.  In case you don’t know my thoughts on the matter, here is my response to that question along with some added advice…

Yesterday, I received a call asking “Where’s the pattern for that horse!”  Of all the inquiries I receive, and I get a lot of them, that question is the one that tops the list.  After about 30 minutes I was finally able to guide them to a place where they could obtain that pattern and…

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…

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…