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Well, the biscuits look good, the beans tasty but the cook could use a little work!    Hope you like him.

If you’re familiar with the TV series and book Lonesome Dove you will recognize Po Campo, the camp cook on the drive to Montana.  As he got his job by offering up some crispy insects I thought I would add one to create a little interest to the piece.  I carved the body of the…

Now this one is an exact copy of one I did a few years back.  But as he is headed to Santa Fe, and as I always liked the way the colors were so bright and worked so well together,  I thought it would gather a lot of interest setting in our display.  The wood…

Another Indian bust with a shield.  You might think I would get tired of carving these but I don’t.  I love to paint and come up with new ways to detail the figures.  This one was for a lady who liked Appaloosa horses.   Once the figure was painted it looked kind of bland to me…

If you’ve ever driven across Oklahoma you note that while going west and approaching the middle of the state the earth turns quite red.   That’s certainly appropriate as the Choctaw word “Oklahoma” means Red People.    I thought I’d combine the two into an Indian cowboy character, hence the braids.  No doubt there were quite…

This old Scout has probably seen some pretty interesting things over the years out on the plains.  I wish I knew a few of his stories as after posting all these “catch up” posts I’ve completely run out of thing to say.  I’ll bet he’s looking forward to a cold one back at the Post canteen.  …

And now…..I’m officially caught up with what I’ve been doing since back in March.  Hopefully, in the future I’ll be able to keep a little more current about what’s been going on Out West! I had Judy take my photo with all the carvings we plan on taking along with us to the Cody Old…

He’s finally received his name.  After you’ve carved as many characters as I have over the years it’s gets harder and harder to come up with a unique name…and to me names are really important as they carry the theme of the carving.  So, in this carving, with the Indian chasing a Buffalo through an…

Here’s a new one that left the Ranch before the paint was dry!   The weekend’s over and he’s not to happy about what the Top Hand has laid out for him.  At least it’s not fence work. Hope you like him.   Comments welcome.

Well, it took a while but he’s finally finished…..Just in time for the Tulsa Woodcarving Show.   I’m quite pleased with the way he turned out and hope you are too.  That shield really sets him off and shows how much an extra detail can add to a piece. Comments welcome.