Author: Lynn Doughty

Originally published in 2013 Here is one I finished up the carving part today.  He will probably be the most colorful piece I’ve done to date.  I’ve always wanted to do this type of headress just to see if I could and also to see how it would look as a woodcarving..  There will be…

Originally published in 2012 Better not say nothing bad about his biscuits!  This Cook is packin’!   This was a fun figure to carve.  Being larger than normal I could spend a little more time on the details so I fitted him out with a revolver and a meat knife and cleaver.  I also gave…

Here is the head for one I’m now working on.  He will be a Chuck Wagon cook not to open to any negative comments about his cooking.  He’s also a little over sized than normal, standing about 16 inches all without the base.  I want to do some that will stand up to being placed on a…

Here he is …. fresh off the paint table.  I went a little farther on the paint job being as he’s headed for a museum exhibit.  Hopefully, you will note an improvement in my carvings, the painting and their overall presentation on future pieces as I think now is the time to really stretch myself…

Originally published in 2012 Here’s a bust I put the finishing touches on today.  Looks like he’s going to be a colorful one…lots of bead work to paint.  Next to Native Americans I love doing these Mountain Men as, like the other, there is so much detail available and so much paint to apply if…

Originally published in 2012 Wow!  I’m sure I wouldn’t want to meet this hombre out in front of the Saloon.  He looks a little P.O.’d!   This was really a fun figure to do and as you can see from the photo.    He’s also pretty impressive….standing about 16′ tall.   I like him! I…

I’ve always wanted to do a carving of the character played by Clint Eastwood in all those Italian movies so here’s my first attempt. Hopefully, I captured that sneer that really makes the character and I confess I had a little help from the movie Rango where this figure made a brief appearance. There will…

This post will close out the Coal Miner project. Needless to say, I’m sorry we couldn’t flesh him out like I had originally hoped but even without the addition of a coal cart I think he looks pretty snappy. One thing for sure…..he needs to spend a few minutes, maybe an hour, in the shower….