Carved Wood
ALL WOOD SCULPTURES WERE CARVED AND FINISHED BY ME. MOST OF THE SCULPTURES WERE CARVED FROM THE STUMP.
Lady Stepping Out
Lady Stepping Out
This sculpture was carved while camping with my son. The piece came from a tree branch west of our home.
Red oak on painted steel.
16.4 inches high
Woman with Slit Skirt
Woman with Slit Skirt
Sculpture expressing woman with raised arms and woman taking a dive.
Walnut carved, hand rubbed oil finish.
45.6 inches high
Road Runner Cactus
Road Runner Cactus
This sculpture is part of my ‘cherry plank cactus’ series, representing the road runner cartoon.
Cherry wood on painted steel with white sand.
49.5 inches high
Pulque Cactus
Pulque Cactus
These four assembled pieces represent a pulque cactus in bloom. This sculpture is part of my ‘cherry plank cactus’ series.
Cherry wood on painted steel with white sand.
49.7 inches high
Cattail Cactus
Cattail Cactus
This sculpture is part of my ‘cherry plank cactus’ series.
Cherry wood on painted steel with white sand.
47.5 inches high
African Water Carrier
African Water Carrier
This sculpture is part of my ‘cherry plank cactus’ series all with white sand in their bases.
Cherry wood on painted steel with sand.
49.8 inches high
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
This sculpture was carved from a broken limb north of our house.
Weeping willow wood on painted steel.
10 inches high
Balancing Boy Torso
Balancing Boy Torso
Hand carved sculpture with hand rubbed finish.
Walnut on painted steel.
23.3 inches high
Large Hipped Lady
Large Hipped Lady
The original sculpture was twice as large when I got annoyed and split the piece in two sections, resulting in two sculptures. The ‘sister’ sculpture is still unfinished.
Cherry wood on painted steel.
27.3 inches high
Oh No, Pregnant Again
Oh No, Pregnant Again
This hand carved sculpture was finished and titled a few weeks before I discovered my wife was pregnant again.
Cherry wood on painted steel.
27.8 inches high
Family Portrait
Family Portrait
Hand carved sculpture originally weighing over 300 pounds and carried to upstairs studio by me.
Mesquite wood on painted steel base.
37 inches high
Balancing Football Player
Balancing Football Player
Hand carved sculpture, shaped and sanded by sculptor. Originally titled, “Tears” as it was carved inverted.
English walnut on painted steel.
23.3 inches high
Holy Fire
Holy Fire
This work is still in progress.
Cedar wood from beach in Florida on black walnut.
40 inches high
Dinosaur Tooth
Dinosaur Tooth
Carved wood sculpture depiction a dinosaur tooth with hand rubbed finish.
Holly wood from Florida mounted on painted steel base.
14.5 inches high
Inverted Grain Scoop
Inverted Grain Scoop
Finished with Polyester resin and spray paint.
Carved wood on black walnut.
13.5 inches high
Flaming Bird
Flaming Bird
Painted with acrylic streaks in polyester resin.
Walnut on white marble.
11 inches high
In His Presence
In His Presence
This sculpture represents the Holy Spirit’s tranquility.
Cherry wood.
20.5 inches high
Praising Cactus
Praising Cactus
Carved black walnut sculpture on painted steel and white sand.
Hand carved sphere attached separately.
29.8 inches high
Thin Pregnant Woman
Black walnut on painted steel. Hand rubbed oil finish.
16.5 inches high
Proud Headless Cock
This piece of wood brought back from Mexico and carved twenty years later.
Mesquite wood on painted steel.
13.6 inches high
Football
Carved Holly Wood from Florida mounted on black walnut.
12.5 inches high
Stretching Swan x2
This sculpture is part of my ‘Swan in the Desert’ series.
Cherry wood on painted steel and sand.
40.5 inches high
Study for a Monument
To be reproduced at 12 to 18 feet in height from steel.
Cherry wood model.
12 inches high