Category: Sculpture

After taking yesterday off, I managed to finish carving Charlie.  He’s got his pipe, some feathers, and some fancy burnt detail.  If you’re wondering why the upper part of the robe is so dark it’s because I burnt it with my butane torch to remove the fuzzy surface left from the stoning.  That’s a neat…

Originally published on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 Sorry, no video for this one.  I’ve been experiencing a run on my carvings lately so I’ve got to shut down the video production studio for a while to try and get my Gallery restocked.  Also, the Dayton show is not that far off and I’d like to…

Originally published on Sunday, March 28, 2010 Last night I watched the movie “Monte Walsh” starring Lee Marvin.  While I think the later version starring Tom Selleck is the better of the two this one still is pretty good.  I also liked the role played by Jack Palance but I’m saving him for later.  That…

Originally published on Monday, March 15, 2010 Old Stonewall seems a little long in the face but I think he sure looks impressive. This figure stands about 15″ tall including the base. I really got interested in him and literally whipped him out in a day of hard carving. Unfortunately, I paid for it later that…

Originally published on Thursday, March 11, 2010 Here is a little bust I finished today. I wanted to see how the base treatment I applied to Whiskey Jim would look with another character and I think it looks pretty good. I had carved the head for this figure several years ago which explains the closed…

This figure is probably the best know pieces I’ve carved through the years.  While I’ve done quite a few of him I  always make them a little different to make each piece unique.  I also thought you might like to see this fella before he heads over to the paint table and how he finally…

Originally published on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 From the color of that nose it looks like old Whiskey has been sipping a little to much of his samples. Either that or he’s hit every saloon in town.-I’m going to have to do a full figure of this fella. Give him some plaid pants, some mule-eared boots…

Originally published on Friday, January 22, 2021-This shifty character ought to be pretty neat once he’s painted up. With his beaded hatband and that turkey feather you just know he’s been selling some of his rot-gut to the unsuspecting natives.  I remember a scene in the movie Little Big Man when Dustin Hoffman’s character, Jack…

Okay….before we get to the less important ramblings, just wanted to mention that these two urchins have both graduated from college.  Hannah, on the right, from Oklahoma State and Miriam, on the left, just last week from University of Arkansas.  Time moves waaaay too fast!  Now, on to the other subjects. As it’s been awhile…

If you’re ever travelling through Rapid City, South Dakota, make sure you take the time to visit this store.  You can bet we do.  I buy a lot of my Native American craft items here that I use on my carvings but the best part is to just wander around checking out the wonderful native…