12-27

Well... been doing a little hunting..

Here a photo of my nephew Ben with his first goose...

called a pair into the decoys yesterday and we flushed them and he made a great shot..

This bird was a biggin" 13-14 pounds...

12-19

Well.. Here are a couple of Goldfinch decoys that I made for a customer...

Made to look a little weathered like they been sitting out and attraching birds to your place..kinda like the Puffin decoys of Egg island in Maine...

These little birds are fun projects... just needed to figure out how much wood to remove...

now, they are done.. onto the next project, a new driveway marker...

12-12

Well.. here is my latest... a Green Woodpecker...carved from white pine and mounted on a cedar log,

fun project.. just hard to get reference when the bird is from over seas...

working on some other little birds...

12-4

Well.. here is what I have been up to... my brother said that I should update my blog..

so this is it... been working and doing a little hunting...hunting good, getting not so...

duck season is piss-poor...

doing a little carving...

11-4

Well.. Finally done with the big order... shipped them out today... painted six birds (4 shovler drakes and 2 scaupdrakes)this weekend ..

Also finished a Eider and Oldsquaw last night..

Burning the candle at both ends for awhile..

Painting all weekend.. glad for the bagin movie bin at the local store.. watched or listen to alot of bad movies while doing these...

looking foreward to making some other birds...

Working on some orniments for the local art store...

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10-26

Well.. been working on some more gunners... here are some photos of a hen Scaup and a hen Shovler..

Took what I learned from the Mallards and came up with this hen Shovler paint scheme ...tried to think how to make the bird look good at yardage and also in hand...

Don't mean to toot my own whistle, but, the hen Scaup is one of the best gunner paint jobs that I have done so far...

I'm thinking about making a few Scaup for competition next year...

well back to the paint room to get drake Scaup complete...

10-11

Well.. here are some Mallard hens that I finished .... they go along with the Mallard drakes...

Tried some new painting techniques on these birds...

did some real looking at my mounts and research material... came up with what I call a real simple hen ..

Onto the Shoveler hen next.. while I have the hen puddle duck theme in my head...