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3 imagesMiniature Hen Mallard
Miniature Hen Mallard Size: 12″ X 12″ X 12″ Price: $2000 Start typing here….
Decorative Carvings, Waterfowl3 images
2 imagesEvening Grosbeak
Evening Grosbeak 12″ X 12″ X 12″ Price: $2,000 Sold Evening grosbeaks return to my area of Idaho In May, and are often present on the feeders outside my studio by the dozen. Once they move in, other birds have a difficult time getting at the feeders. They are gluttens, sitting at the feeders and…
Decorative Carvings, Songbirds3 images
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3 imagesWingshot Harley
Wingshot Harley Lifesize Decorative Drake Harlequin Duck Size: 22″L X 16″ W X 18″H Price: $5000 SOLD This carving was a commission for an outfitter in Alberta, Canada. The outfitter, Wingshot Outfitters, surprised me because their waterfowl outfitting business is located in the heart of the prairie where their main quarry are marsh ducks and…
Waterfowl4 images
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5 imagesSlim Picken’s Black Billed Magpies & Mule Deer
Slim Picken’s Black Billed Magpies & Mule Deer Size: 32″ X 32″ X 32″ Price: $12,000 This is a carving that I had in my mind for 30 years before I finally got around to doing. In the late 1970s a friend had a shed mule deer antler that caught my attention. I could imagine a…
Songbirds6 images
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3 imagesPine Siskin
Pine Siskin Lifesize Decorative Carving Size: 6″L X 6″ W x 9″ H Price: $1500 SOLD
Songbirds4 images
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4 images
4 imagesMiniature Osprey
Trout for Dinner 1/2 Lifesize Osprey Size: 16″ L X 16″W X 28″H Price: $10,000 SOLD Growing up in Texas, I don’t recall seeing osprey. When I began my career as a forester in the Siskiyou Mountains of Northern California, they were common along the Klamath River. I began a fascination with the species that…
Raptors5 images
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3 imagesMiniature Drake Wood Duck
Drake Wood Duck 1/3 Lifesize Decorative Carving Size: 9″L X 9″ W X 8″ H Price: $2000.00 I love wood ducks, and wanted to show a resting drake on a partially sunken snag. To bring the composition together, I turned the base for this carving from purpleheart, a South American hardwood that ages to a patina that…
Waterfowl4 images
4 images
4 images
4 imagesMiniature Red Tailed Hawk
Red Tailed Hawk Miniature Decorative Carving Size: 6″ L X 6″ W X 12″ H Price: $2000.00 SOLD Redtails are common raptors throughout North America, and vary greatly in appearance. In the mountain valley where I live we see these birds regularly, and during their southward migration in the fall they seem to be found…
Raptors5 images
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4 images
4 imagesMiniature Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle 1/3 Lifesize Decorative Carving Size: 16″L X 16″W X 20″ H Price: $4500 On trips to Alaska I have noticed Bald Eagles sitting on driftwood or alders along rivers, waiting for a chance at salmon carcasses left by bears. For this carving, I carved the remnants of an alder killed by flooding on…
Raptors5 images
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4 imagesLong Billed Curlew Gunning Decoy
Long Billed Curlew Lifesize Gunning Decoy Sixe: 20″L X 6″W X 20″L Price” $1500.00 I enjoy doing gunning decoys, which are smooth birds with detailed painting. Gunning shorebirds are traditionally mounted on a dowel, simulating the way shorebird decoys were carved by market hunters. This carving portrays one of my favorite shorebirds. I see them locally, as…
Gunning Decoys, Shorebirds5 images
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4 imagesWestern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark Lifesize Decorative Carving Size: 12″L X 10″W X 20″H Price: 2500.00 SOLD Western meadowlarks are common in the mountain valley where I live, and their songs are ubiquitous. They leave us only for the winter, and throughout the rest of the seasons we delight in their presence. As I’ve travelled in Louisiana and…
Songbirds5 images
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3 imagesNorthern Pygmy Owl
Northern Pygmy Owl Lifesize Decorative Carving Size: 10″L X 10″W X 12’H Price: $2500.00 SOLD
Raptors4 images
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4 images
4 imagesLongbilled Curlew Decorative Carving
Longbilled Curlew Lifesize Decorative Carving Size: 20″L X 10″W X 29″H Price: $3500.00 SOLD This species is one of my favorite shorebirds, and was commissioned by a farmer in Alberta, Canada. His farm hosts many curlews, and he enjoys seeing them as he works in the fields.He originally saw a gunning version of the curlew…
Shorebirds5 images
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4 images
4 imagesLilac Breasted Roller
Lilac Breasted Roller Lifesize Decorative Carving Size: 10″L X 8″W X 12″H Price: $3500.00 SOLD I’m represented by a Montana gallery that specializes in African subjects. At their request, I completed this colorful bird for the Safari Club International convention. I placed the bird on a carved branch simulating a thorn tree. I hope to someday visit…
Songbirds5 images
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3 imagesGray Partridge
Gray Partridge Lifesize Decorative Carving Size: 10″L X 10″W X 12″H Price: $2500 SOLD I often shoot gray partridge (called “Huns” or Hungarian partridge locally) while hunting chukar in Hell’s Canyon or the Owyhee Mountains. They are strong flyers and usually flush as a covey as opposed to chukar. I’ve also hunted them in central…
Game Birds4 images
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3 imagesCommon Roadrunner
Common Roadrunner Lifesize Decorative Carving Sixe: 22″L X 12″W X 18″H Price: $8,000.00 SOLD I grew up in Texas seeing roadrunners, and have also lived around them in the mountains of Southern California. They have always been a favorite of mine. As a youngster in Texas, I recall them being called by the nickname “Paisano”. A…
Songbirds4 images
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3 imagesCarmine Bee Eater
Carmine Bee Eater Lifesize Decorative Carving Size: 14″L X 10″W X 14″H Price: $3500 SOLD Like the Lilac Breasted Roller included in the site, this bird was carved to the gallery in Montana that represents me. I look forward to seeing and photographing these birds someday.
Songbirds4 images
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3 imagesBlue Duck Decorative
Blue Duck Decorative Lifesize Decorative Carving Size: 16″L X 12″W X 16″H Price: $ 5000.00 SOLD This carving was commissioned by a lodge in New Zealand. Blue ducks are endangered, with only about 5,000 remaining on the North Island, their sole location. The lodge owner has photographed several in the river near the lodge. Luckily,…
Waterfowl4 images
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4 imagesBlue Duck Decorative Decoy
Blue Duck Decoy Lifesize Decorative Carving Size: 14″L X 6″W X 9″H Price: $2500.00 SOLD This is the decoy version of the Blue Duck, based on reference I did while in New Zealand. A more detailed discussion of this species is found in the narrative included with the decorative standing carving on this site
Decorative Decoys, Waterfowl5 images
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4 images
4 imagesBelted Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher Lifesize Decorative Carving Size: 12″L X 12″ W X 14″H Price: $3500 These birds are very common where I live, and I like to watch them as they fish along our rivers. This bird is a female, and is perched on a dead limb of a lodgepole pine. I chose to carve the…
Songbirds5 images
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4 imagesCackling Canada Goose Life Size Decorative Decoy
Cackling Canada Goose Decoy Lifesize Decorative Carving Size: 16″L X 8″W X 12″H Price: $5,000 SOLD Like most waterfowlers, I love Canada geese, and of the 10 subspecies currently recognized, Cacklers are my favorite. They possess all the markings and beauty of the species, but are the smallest subspecies. In body size and weight, they…
Decorative Decoys, Waterfowl5 images
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3 imagesHen Mallard Gunner Decoy
Hen Mallard Gunner Decoy Lifesize Decorative Carving
2 imagesGreenwing Teal Decorative Decoy
Greenwing Teal Decorative Decoy Lifesize Decorative Carving
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4 images
4 imagesDrake Northern Pintail Decorative Decoy
Drake Northern Pintail Decorative Decoy Lifesize Decorative Carving
3 images
3 imagesDrake Mallard Decorative Decoy
Drake Mallard Decorative Decoy Lifesize Decorative Carving
3 images
3 imagesHen Mallard Decorative Decoy
Hen Mallard Decorative Decoy Lifesize Decorative Carving
3 images
3 imagesDrake Harlequin Duck
Drake Harlequin Duck – Lifesize Decorative Carving L: 16″ W: 16″ H: 20″ Price: $3,500 – SOLD
Waterfowl4 images
4 images
4 images
4 imagesCommon Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk – Lifesize Decorative Carving L: 12″ W: 10″ H: 6″ Price: $2,000
Songbirds5 images
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3 imagesCalifornia Quail
California Quail – Life-size Decorative Carving L: 12″ W: 12″ H: 14″ Price: $2,500
Game Birds4 images
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5 images
5 imagesAt the Nest Killdeer
Killdeer – Life size Decorative Carving L: 20″ W: 20″ H: 14″ Price: $4,000
Shorebirds6 images
2 imagesMarsh Wren
Marsh Music – Marsh Wren Lifesize Bronze – Edition of 25 L: 10″ W: 10″ H: 24″ Price: $1,750
Bronzes3 images
