Category: Sculpture

With the easy part of the painting applied and the shirts, hat and knife sheaf beading areas primed, it’s time to start doing some research on the type of beaded patterns to use.  The areas might appear a little stark in the photo but the end result will be balanced by choosing colors that will…

It took a lot of hard work by a lot of people but the Chuckwagon is finally in it’s new home at the Woolaroc Museum.  All that’s left now is to turn that empty corner in the Museum into a fleshed out piece of the Old West.  In just a month or so visitors will…

As I mentioned in the last post, we’re working on a Big Project that will come together toward the end or middle of February.  As part of that I had to build a new display stand, which for an amateur furniture maker, is no mean feat.  But, with Judy as my trusty assistant, we managed to…

Here’s Pistol Pete, the Oklahoma State University Cowboys mascot!  While he doesn’t look much like the actual historical figure he does instill a small amount of fear in the opposing team. Go Pokes!

Here’s a new one I just finished carving Friday.  Hopefully, I can get him finished up before the show in Ohio next month. With the base he stands approximately 18″ and is quite an impressive piece, especially once he’s got some color to him.  I’m sure the main feature on him will be the drum….

Spent the morning painting the Buffalo Skull for my new piece.  Looks pretty good although the photo really doesn’t show all the colors used.  Before starting I checked the skull hanging in the Out West Gallery next door, to make sure I indicated all the major skull details, i.e., plates, nerve holes, etc. As that…

I’ve been working on this one for the past 6 or 7 months.  Once it’s painted I think it will be one of the best so far even though, after taking the photos, I noticed a couple areas that need to be corrected.  With the walnut base she will stand about 20″ tall.  An impressive…

He’s finished!!    I thought I’d never get this one off the work table.   I think he turned out pretty good.  Certainly a colorful one.  I repainted the eyebrows black to try and recapture the stern look on his face that was lost when I painted on the red facial decorations.  It didn’t work completely…

Squeezed in a little brushwork today.  The photo looks a little distorted as I took it with my phone.  It’s really not that crooked. One thing I’ve learned when painting facial decorations is that it can change or hide expressions.  That happened here.  Unpainted he looked really P.O.’d but here he looks kind of contemplative.  …

This one has been on my workbench for about 6 months staring at me each day so I thought I would go ahead and finish him cause he looks a little threatening.   I still have to add a few more details….actually, I have to add a lot of details to him to flesh him…