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Could I ask a favor?  When I get through going through all the steps of organizing the photos and coming up with the words to explain each post,  I always wonder just how it will be received by those subscribed or just viewing the result.  The only way that can happen is if someone drops…

Teddy Roosevelt

Teddy Roosevelt always seemed to me to be an excellent character to make a caricature of, especially in his role as a Rough Rider. After searching through all the available photos on the web I found the one I posted in the gallery that I’m using as a guide.–I made the glasses by first making…

Tequila Sunrise

Not much to say about this fella other than he evidently had a good time the night before.  He’s mounted on a piece of Texas Caprock Judy and I picked up out in west Texas out riding our horses.  Makes a really nice mounting detail.   Hope you like him.  Comments welcome. 

The Buffalo Soldier

I’ve always been fasinated by the Buffalo Soldiers, probably because they were headquarted just up the road from us in Fort Scott, Kansas. They patrolled the military highway between there, Fort Gibson, Ok, and Fort Smith, Arkansas. Just maybe they rode right by the Out West Gallery. Whatever, I carved this First Sergeant back in…

The Bull Fighter

–To do the barrel I first turned the basic shape on the lathe and then used my largest forstner bit to drill a hole about 1″ deep to accommodate the head and hands. After that I whittled the surface and added the details. Here he is all painted and ready to face that horny hunk…

The Patriot

Here’s one I’m really proud of.  Lots of details and a great subject.  Carved back in 2008.  Hope you like him.  Comments welcome. 

The Texas Skip

Here’s a Cowboy with lots of action, showing off his rope spinning skills.  Hope you like him. Carved back in 2008. Comments welcome. 

Trouble On The River

This is a big one!  I won’t try to explain all that went into this piece as it would take quite a bit of typing and I’m no secretary.  Let’s just leave it as an event on the river with a canoe full of furs being overturned by a moose somewhere out west during the…

Sgt Buffalo

I’ve seen a number of posts and questions over the years about just what colors should be used to paint a Black character, whether caricature or otherwise.  Well, I’ll give you my solution and it’s a simple one.  We’ll use Sgt Buffalo as an example as I think the colors used in his case do…

Off Season Santa – Part 2

Let’s see….Slippers, Beer, Racing Form….Now to get those Dwarves out of the recliner! This was a fun figure to do even though I’m not really orientated toward this Jolly Old Fella.  But, sometimes you just have to go with the flow of things and on the Caricature Carvers Face Book site that’s Santa.  However, in…