Iron Eyes
The late 90’s seems to be banner years for my carving of Native Americans. I guess after concentrating on Cowboys for so long this new challenge was a welcome one. Iron Eyes, who bares no relationship with the fake redskin that was shedding tears in promoting saving the forests at the time, is a great…
My First Native Americans
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…
Standing Red Bear + 1
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…
The Scout
Here’s another one. This fella seems to be in a much better mood than the other. Also carved back in the mid-70’s when the wood was soft, the knife was sharp and the ideas flowing. Comments welcome.
The Scout
Carved in 1998, I can’t say whether he was assigned to the Custer outfit but for his sake I hope he wasn’t. Comments welcome.
Cactus Jack
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.
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…
Finally!
Please Bear with me as I and the Tech behind the curtain try to iron out some problems to get this site up and running as it should.
Suffering From A Hitch In My Giddy-Up!
Yes…I know! It’s been almost 2 months since my last post. But Judy and I have been up against several events in our lives that have resulted in major changes in our lives. Back in November I had a heart operation to correct a condition caused by AFIB. Prior to that I felt a lot…