Category: Sculpture

Now here’s something from the Out West Way Back Machine!  “The Original Out West Carving Challenge“.  Talk about fun….it makes me think of having another.  Anyway, if you follow along with the next few posts you’ll see some great carvings by some great people and the eventual winner.  Oh…and if you think this would be…

Originally published on December 3, 2009 I finally got old Tex over to the paint table for a little makeup. I really like this figure and some of you might recognize him if you happened to stop by our table at the Dayton show. I had his head and hat finished but completed the body Saturday…

Originally posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 This is the project I’m taking along to the show in Dayton to hopefully complete but also to use in explaining the various techniques I used in making the videos should someone happen by ande ask a question. I haven’t glued anything together yet so it can be…

Originally published on October 26, 2009 I’ve always been fascinated by the Buffalo Soldiers, probably because they were headquarter just up the road from us in Fort Scott, Kansas. They patrolled the military highway between there, Fort Gibson, Ok, and Fort Smith, Arkansas. Just maybe they rode right by the Out West Gallery. Whatever, I carved…

Originally published on October 11, 2009 It’s about Beer-30 and time for a cold one after a dusty day in the saddle. No long-neck for this wrangler…a frosty can with a pop-top will do just fine.-I did this one back in ’03 and it’s probably setting on a bar somewhere in Virginia, at least that’s where…

This one was created back in 2004.  A real nice piece.  Lots of details.  Hope you like him.  Comments always welcome. 

Originally published on September 30, 2009 Now that’s a stretch! I think this carving really turned out great and even though I didn’t add that second figure it ended up just the way it should have.-One thing we have to remember is that the larger the piece the harder the sell. That is another reason I…

Originally published on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Several years ago I thought I’d have one of my pieces cast in bronze to see whether the wood medium would transfer over to bronze. For those of you unfamiliar with the bronze process here is a link that will fully explain just what is involved. One of…

Originally published on Saturday, August, 30, 2008 This is a little carving I did off of that famous photo of Billy. The only change I made was to place his rifle in his hand instead of having him holding by the tip of the barrel with the butt on the ground. I like the way…

Well, once more I’ve been remiss in posting the video episodes of this project as their finished.  Sorry!  So here is the link to my Youtube page where you can find the complete series:   https://www.youtube.com/user/lodoughty With the arrival of spring on the ranch, the chores have multiplied considerably and things have been pretty hectic around…