Author: Lynn Doughty

Just down from the mountains and heading to the Rendezvous! No doubt he’s looking forward to a couple of weeks of meeting up with some old friends, selling his trappings for a good price, downing his share of available whisky, and basically, just unwinding and having a good time. After that, it will be restocking…

I did this scene quite a few years ago but, looking back through the old Blog, couldn’t find any type of reference to it. So, as it was just put through a minor update, I’ll give the complete story behind why I made it. I can’t remember exactly when, but years ago Seniors were given…

To me, while carving the figure is fun, the enjoyment really begins in coming up with new ways to present the piece. With Buckeye, I mounted him as I did once before with a Native American carving. Doing it this way lets the carving “float” above the base, immediately drawing the viewers interest to something…

Now here’s a guy you wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of! What a shifty looking character! As happens with a lot of my figures, they start during our small Tuesday carving group….now down to just 3 of us, relocated from the Grove, OK Senior Center to my shop down the hill from…

He has his drum, his pipe and pipe bag, and he’s decked out in his best outfit and blanket. You can bet that everyone on the sidelines will notice Strong Heart when his tribe makes it’s Grand Entry dance at the Pow Wow. If you haven’t had the experience of attending a Pow Wow here…

Another favorite from 2007! I had finished the original piece for the Red Stegall Chuckwagon Event in Fort Worth, Texas, a year earlier but it sold as soon as it was displayed. So, here’s a duplicate which also disappeared into someone’s collection. “Even though it’s Labor Day I spent the time down at the shop…

Here’s a couple of wranglers I carved back in November, 2007. I’ve mentioned before that, during our small woodcarving group meetings down at the Senior Center each Tuesday, I can generally roughout a carved head so doing these small busts is a quick way to dispose of the “head overflow” that occurs on my workbench….

I had originally carved the steer in this scene for another group I was carving but it turned out just a little out of scale to be used. I can’t really remember just how the thought of depicting a little prairie justice came about but it worked and it was a lot of fun putting…

This was the 2nd Blog Post I made back in May, 2006. Hard to believe it was 14 years ago. There were not very many woodcarving sites up and active back then and we hadn’t adopted the video format yet….everything was illustrated by photos which, unfortunately, are no longer available due to Google cancelling their…

Since switching to the new ‘word press’ format of this site, and my feeble brain being in it’s upper 70’s, learning just how to use it has been quite daunting at times. Considering this, I thought I could get in some good practice by revisiting some past posts by bringing them back for a second…