I like to think and work in dramatic and big ways, so it is only natural… More

It wasnt too long ago that the first Eastern blue jay showed up outside… More

Carvers seem to like owls. I can understand why. There is something about… More

The American kestrel also goes by the name of sparrow hawk. Its a… More

The lazuli bunting lives in the western half of the United States, where… More

While researching a great blue heron project in 2008 I ran across some… More

The scrub jay, like other jays, has a lot of character. You can spend many… More

My goal in this article is to carve a fairly simple belted kingfisher (a… More

There is a power in simplicity which is why I chose to paint a famous Ward… More

The magpie is one of my favorite birds to carve. It has great personality… More

Tommy Stewart spends a lot of time walking the shore of Long Islands Great… More

I try to teach my students that it is best to design and compose a piece… More

You can trace the history of the canvas decoy back to the turn of the… More

The downy woodpecker is North Americas smallest woodpecker. It is also one… More

In the first part of this article (Winter 2016), I discussed how custom… More