the mouse in the house

 Little mouse i carved when i was trying my luck at animal caricatures

engineer oiler

 Another remake of an earlier piece painted

the politician

 If you look further back you will see the original carving I decided to carve it again and paint it this time

Horse Bite

 This was my big spring project .it is three blocks of wood laminated.I made a clay model of this first.I made my pattern from that then cut out my block of wood . this carving took 2 months to complete.

Bird watcher

loved carving this guy one of those summer projects in between all the honey do list projects

Santa for Val

 This . is a Moore roughout I dont usually do roughouts i like creating my carvings from the block of wood . I bought a few just in case my carving arm acts up again . I was diagnosed with spinal nerve accessory damage which affects my carving arm shoulder and elbow . Anyways I carved this for my wife Val the lady that inspires and encourages me along my carving journey

The Pipe Smoker

Sorry about the delay in putting any of my carvings on here but I had other things going on and just didnt get around to it this is a marv pattern of course .If you havent noticed Marv has been a big influence on my carving and thru his tuturing Ive improved .

Niagara wood carvers show

Well I entered my latest carvings at the clubs carving show I got a second for the checker players . There was so many good carvings I'm very happy with that . The winner had carved a Indian with a blanket wrapped around him great job  .Met the carver near the end of show enjoyed our conversation .

Is It Straight Enuff

 Another all one piece it was a bad piece of wood and tough to keep the carving going but here it is even painted the little pencil behind his one ear  and his hammer

Cowboy Bottle Stopper

This is the first and last roughout for this guy it was to simple for me to just carve details i like the idea of working it from a block of wood

The finished Checker Players Clem and Floyd

 This is all one piece except the checkers .It was the first place ribbon and caricature of the show winner at treasure coast carving show

Carvings on the corner

 With Pete staying at my house I had one on one for one whole day so we carved these faces on the corner of these pieces of wood .It was alot of fun .

Pete Leclair Class

 I had the privilege of hosting Pete Leclair for a three day course at Vero Beach .Pete is a member of the Caricature Carvers of America and author of three books on carving . It was a pleasure to welcome him in our house. These three carvings I finished that week and the next after the carvings name is frenchie

Treasure Coast Wood Carving Show

  A few pics from the show the first is apicture of my display table and the rest of the pics are my entries in the show with ribbons and plaques

Treasure coast wood carving show

I will post pics later but I was extremely successful at the show taking home a first ,second ,third and honorable mention plus the award for best caricature at show couldn't be much happier . 2 years 8 ribbons .

My mother

My mother has passed away quietly peacefully . She was the foundation and the cornerstone of our family . Until the last couple of years if I ever had any problems my mother was there to console me and offer advice . I don't know about anybody else but my mother could cook and boy you wouldn't leave her house hungry . Every Saturday morning she would make and bake pies ,bread and dinner rolls the house was full of fragrances of the baking. You don't know how lucky you are til the loved one is gone . I was blessed to have such a loving and caring mom . Rest in peace mom .

Checker players

 This is a carving from 2 -4x4 blocks laminated nothing has been added on .There is alot of finishing touches to get this done and then painting to do .hopefully i can get it done for the carving show .

Piper

 This Piper a black lab service dog we met on a transatlantic cruise .I carved this for her owner I hope she likes it .

Steve

 This is a carving of Steve a storytelling lumberjack from our carving club .This is the carving that I practiced the clown plaid shirt for . I 'm entering this at the treasure coast club .

Santa

 .Santa  was carved for Val my wife .Added the sack on his back .Painted him with acrylics and finished him with wax finish .

rodeo clown

 This clown was actually carved so i could practice the plaid shirt painting .I carved a member of our club that always wears plaid shirts .Hope you like.It took me longer to paint the shirt than to carve the clown.

 Here is a little guy I carved out on a warm florida day