



This is a view of the marina and the North House Folk School where I teach carving classes.
Grand Marais is recognized as one of the great "artist towns" in the USA. It has an active Art Colony, the folk school and many art galleries. Several professional artists make Grand Marais their home.
This stylized "bucking bronco" won a blue ribbon. I carved this while sitting on the beach in Florida a couple of weeks earlier. It is carved from butternut wood
This is a lineup of the carving contest winners. L-R Rusty Johnson (1st), Me (2nd), Lynn Doughty (3rd), and Ray North (HM). We had an hour and 15 minutes to carve a cocker spaniel from a cutout blank. There were about 14 carvers that participated.
This is my second place cocker spaniel. We could only use one tool for the entire time. I am pretty sure it was my first dog carving ever.
These are the first three chip-carved plates that I have ever done. I took a class from Wayne Barton in June.