Category: Sculpture

Too often we get stuck doing the same thing with our projects when just a little thought can take them to a new level.  I can’t remember just when this piece was done but I do remember that when it was first displayed it was scooped up before the show we were at even opened! …

I’m not sure I’ve ever published this photo.  It of a little convict chipping away at a walnut clock case.  I think it makes a nice little piece that would set comfortable on someone’s desk.  Hope you like him. Comments appreciated.

This is the first and largest scene I’ve done. It was completed back in 1997. As you can see in the associated photos there is a lot going on at the Gold Nugget. From Diamond Lil beckoning and newly arrived Cowboy to come up and test her brass bedsprings to the cheating cardshark reaching for…

One thing for sure….when the boys come riding in at daybreak after a hard night in the saddle and see the carbonized texture of these sinkers any atta-boys the cook managed to accumulate will quickly disappear!-I did this one back in ’02 and believe me it was fun not only in creating this scene it…

I think this bust of Buffalo Bill, created back in 2003, stands out from the others so I’ll devote a separate post for it. I completed it after a trip through Cody, Wyoming on our way to Yellowstone. If you’ve never been to Cody and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center that is located there you…

 I did this first carving of a Buffalo Soldier back in 1999 after seeing the movie “Sergeant Rutledge” which starred Woody Strode as 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge.  The Buffalo Soldier really makes a nice character to carve as they are so unique to our western expansion. With units of them stationed north of where we live…

I did this piece back in 2009. I’ve always had a fascination with the Buffalo Soldiers. You probably already know that they acquired that name from the Native Americans who associated their dark skin and woolly topknots to the animals that roamed the plains. Here is a where you can learn just about everything you…

I can’t remember exactly when I made this scene other than it was quite some time ago.  I see it every time I enter the Out West Gallery and the thought that first comes to my mind about it is “Boy! That Bull needs some major surgery!”  Well, one of these days he’s going to…

Here’s another early one…same base but the figure is a little more fleshed out.  He’s packin’, i.e., there’s a pistol strapped to his belt.  And check out his calf skin vest! Classy!  And that lip foliage will really get the ladies talking down at the local watering trough!  While he might look a little to…

This young wrangler is from back in 1999 from the date on the back.  I’m still developing my personal style.  I call it  my “Closed Eyes” period.  I would eventually open them but not quite yet.  I was also using my horseshoe base design…a real shoe nailed down to a piece of oak.  Overall, a…