Recently I got an email from someone who purchased one of my earliest "carvings " from nearly 30 years ago. At that time it was just a hobby and I only did birds ,decoys etc. which I sold through DU events. And being that they were done in Tupelo I never used chisels. Never had a dream of carving full time.
This type of carving was quick little interpretive pieces as opposed to the highly detailed decoy/song/ birds of prey pieces I did.
Here the head of the birds were detailed and painted but the body was turned into a swooping form in the effort to impart motion. Here an eagle is chasing a smaller bird and the driftwood has a vague image of an arm as well as finger almost pointing the way for the smaller bird to fly.
I have no pic's of my own so I'm limited to these which the owner sent me as they were looking for info on the piece.
They were a fun diversion, somewhat creative quick and profitable.
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