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I believe this one was done back in the mid-90’s.  A nice little scene showing how a Cowboy has his spirited new ride tied up to prevent bucking while he saddles him.  The eyes are covered and one of the back feet has been tied to keep him off balance.  Still, he’s keeping a wary…

Now this fella could no doubt tell you some really interesting stories.  I picked the name Jedediah as that has always been a favorite of mine since I read a book about Jedediah Strong Smith many years ago. If ever there was a Mountain man old Jed was him.   Of all the characters of…

Constructed back in 1998, here’s is one of the three scenes that the Woolaroc Museum acquired for their permanent collection.  Believe it or not, I only took one photo of it when it was finished years ago!  So, bringing it home to give it a tune up before turning it back over to the museum…

Boy!  This is an early one.  I remember back in the 80’s when Judy and I were out in the wilds of eastern Rwanda, coming across that piece of drift wood.  It is probably from an Acacia tree.  Picking it up I knew that one day it would make a great mount for a future…

When pulling the photos of this piece from the picture file my first thought was “Wow! I sure wish I could still carve that good!”  Unfortunately, those days have passed.  AFIB and age has just about put the kybosh to my carving abilities.  Oh….I still go down to the shop each day and look at…

I honestly can’t remember just how many of these I’ve carved over the years.  This is the most popular group of carvings I’ve ever done. One thing you would notice is that while the scene is basically the same the horses are always different and some of the signage changes. That’s important to both me…

Here’s an old friend from the past.  I did this one back in 2000 for a collector down in San Antonio, Texas.  It ended up in Southern California and was recently put up for auction.  It was purchased by a couple in Arkansas.  Unfortunately, the previous owner didn’t spend much time packing him up so…

This was my second scene, completed back in the mid-90’s. Unfortunately, I only have three photos of it and they are basically the same. Here’s a very valuable tip…….TAKE LOTS OF PHOTOS OF YOUR PIECES!! Especially now that we are in the digital age where we can store gobs of photos on our computers at…

Here is one I did back in 2002. As our Farrier comes around to give the horses a retread about every 6 weeks I thought he would make a good subject for a carving. Naturally I placed him back in the Old West and considering that commercial shoes probably weren’t that readily available or affordable…

Another chuckwagon cook?  This time whipping up a special treat for the boys….a couple of delicious apple pies.  One is in the oven bubbling away and the other will soon to be baking. I put a paring knife in his hand as he’s just finished trimming the top crust and adding a few vent holes. …