Category: Sculpture

With the advent of the New Year I finally wrapped this one up this morning so now he can chow down on those beans!.  I really like the way the jacket painting turned out.  To me it looks exactly like a worn denim jacket.  I originally had planned on having just the figure with his…

Published on December 31, 2014 -Here’s the last one for this year.  Haven’t fixed on a name for him yet.  Sometimes it takes a while for one to show up.  Anyway, hope you like him.  Comments welcome. 

Here’s a detail of an upcoming carving I’m in the process of creating. I still have to add a few feathers to the hanging cloth.  The photo is kind of dark but it will brighten up in better lighting. It turned out pretty nice even with my ageing eyes not being what they used to…

Well he’s done and I think I’ll put him in my “Classic” folder as he measures up as an example of my best work.  Since the last post I added the side drops and rosettes to the headdress which completes the picture. With the base he measures just over 12″.  Another thing you might notice…

For a long time I’ve been wanting to attempt to make a Native American wearing a war bonnet made with individual feathers.  So, I sat down and carved 20 feathers about 5 inches in length out of pretty thin wood.  I went ahead and painted them as to do that after they were installed on…

I’ve been working on this one for quite sometime and finally put the finishing touches on it today.  I had thought all that black would just overpower the figure but I think it looks pretty good.  I did do a little dry brushing to bring out the details and wrinkles a little.  I wish I…

Originally published on November 19, 2014 – I also used this one as part of my demonstration at the Dayton, Ohio show and finally finished painting him up yesterday.  I think he turned out really well.  I’ve carved Buffalo Bill many times over  years as he’s always been one of my heros since childhood.  Hope…

Originally published on November 14, 2014 This is the piece I used during my demonstration on painting at the Dayton, Ohio show last weekend.  I was a little worried about whether the limited amount of paint I was able to apply during the allotted hour I was given would carry over and match the other…

Originally published on October 24, 2014 The title might be familiar but the character is new. Not much to say about this one other than I did a little different application of the neckerchief. The busts I’m doing now are a bit larger than most…standing about 11″ tall with the base. I think they make…

Originally posted on October 10, 2014 Last year I was ask by the Dayton Woodcarving group if I would do another demonstration. I had done one years ago on carving a horse that was received pretty well so I agreed to do another. As I’m continually asked about painting I thought a good subject of…