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…
Author: Lynn Doughty
I might be a little man in a big world but on our 30 acres I'm the one in charge when the wife's not around!
A Clean Sweep In Wichita!
Here’s a post about a great day at the Wichita Woodcarving Show back in April, 2008. Happenings like this make it all worthwhile!.
War Horse
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…
Pedro
I did this full body version of the Pancho piece shortly after the previous one in ’98. This little guy only stands about 8″ tall but he’s a pretty neat little figure. I know I always smiled when I saw him….maybe it’s the size of that hog-leg hanging on his cumberbund. Pedro and Pancho…
Pancho
Believe it or not….I finally finished going through the Cowboy box of camera photos! Now it’s on to photos of Indians, Mexicans, Mountain Men, Explorers, and who knows what else might turn up as we go through that pile of envelopes. I will start with the carving of “Pancho”, done back in ’98. He took…
West Texas Tank
It was challenge to construct this one. The windmill was based on the wooden windmill towers we saw on a trip through west Texas. The fan was made from tin ductwork. The Aero pump motor and the other fan and pipe components were also made from metal and wire. I turned the water tank on…
The Whittler
I can tell by the base that this one was carved back in the late 90’s. Things were evidently slack around the ranch to allow this wrangler some serious whittling down at the coral. Comments welcome.
Will Rogers – 3
I hope you’re not getting tired of Will as here’s one more rendition of him. It’s been quite a while since I carved Will Rogers so I thought I’d do another bust of the Oklahoma humorist. The hat behind his head is not the one that will be there at the end but it…
Will Rogers – The Cherokee Kid – 2
Here’s an even earlier carving of Will Rogers. Back in 2000 I was approached by the Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore, Oklahoma to do a number of carvings. As part of that project I did a carving of Will as a young cowhand on his Father’s Dog Iron Ranch outside of Oologah, just up the…
Will Rogers – The Cherokee Kid
I can’t remember whether photos of this carving have ever been published. I think I did this piece back in 1997. I still have it as I think it’s a great example of my best work. I love the motion in the piece from the rope in his hand to the movement of the neckerchief. …