Bright Star – May 12, 2016

I finished this one yesterday.  Thought I might get the nameplate in time for the photo but it didn’t show.  Lots of beading on her and also added beaded leggings for this one to add a little more interest. It took a while to come up with the beading patterns but I think she turned…

Bad News For Billy

It’s Friday the 13th so I should have expected something would happen.  Unfortunately, it happened to the Billy Little Fox video series.  I had hoped to get the first segment posted on Thursday but a combination of badI memory chip, camera problems, and a new computer’s refusal to accept the recorded material resulted in the…

Rooster Cogburn – August, 2015

This has got to be one of the best I’ve done so it certainly deserves the “Classic” designation as an example of my best work.   I had a little doubt about the collar but it turned out that that was one of the easiest parts to carve.  I did reinforce the tips with some…

Rooster – August, 2015

I think I have the submission for the John Wayne museum to consider.  While “The Searcher” was nice I think this one, once painted, will be the real standout.  Can’t wait to see him in color.  -Comments welcome.

Pancakes – July, 2015

“Pancakes”!  Cookie just whipped up a stack of flapjacks for the boys as a special treat for their hard, dusty work keeping those cows in line.  I had fun with this one, especially making that stack of hotcakes and painting them to look like the real article.  I hit it pretty close I think.  …

The Plains Warrior – 06/2015

June 4, 2014:  This carving started out at our small carving group meeting at the Grove, OK community center.  I can usually rough out a head in the two hours we meet while still swapping jokes and hearing all the gossip since the prior weeks meeting. – June 6, 2015:   Here’s my progress so far. …

Starbucks My Patootie! – 5/26/2015

I finally finished this one this morning and it’s been a struggle.  Old age has given me a cataract in my right eye which is the one my vision is centered on.  Doesn’t bother me that much for distance viewing but up close it’s a real bummer.  Trying to do fine detail, especially painting is…

Starbucks My Patootie! – 5/11/2015

Here’s one I just finished this morning.  While I’ve done one similar to this before this one is much larger, standing almost 18″ with the base.  I plan on a real neat apron design which should really make the carving.   Hope you like him.  Comments welcome.

Big Bear – 02/08/2015

I hoping to get this one done before the Kansas City show.  It’s all finished now except for the painting.  That bear claw necklace is a real snappy detail which will look great once it’s painted.  I plan on threading some beads between the claws but will have to wait until it’s almost completely done…