Ocean Dreams

Really nice!

Of the 4 you shared this is my favorite. Absolutely beautiful!

wow your work is incredible. i wish i had a talent for carving.

Absolutely beautiful.  What do you use for carving.. is it power carved, kinves! whatever you are a master of it.

Beautiful!

Thanks! When carving I start with chainsaw and then when it gets closer I use gouges and knives

All these busts are fantastic! Do you use a photo/sketch as a guide or just go from a mental image?

In the past I would just pick up a chainsaw and see what popped out. These days, I usually make a rough sketch and either hire a model, ask a friend or just look for a photo online. The last 10 years or so has been all commission work so I have to show sketches etcs to sell the idea. This is especially important with my public art pieces where I need to sell the concept to a committee. When working in steel, I do all of the above but I also make clay maquettes so I can work out t he shapes in an easier medium. When I created Adrielle (life sized figure in steel) I sketched the concept, as well as the hands, feet, face etc... I hired a model for it as well and made several sketches with her. I also made a clay face and foot first to give me somewhere to start from

Excellent, thank you!

Any time!

You separate the men woodworkers from us boys!
Thanks for sharing…. Masterpiece!

Thanks Loljimmy7... much appreciated!