Pine Tree Studios of New England

 Split from a pine log, I left the subject's face rough and smoothed the background for an interesting contrast.   This piece will be on display at the  Art League of Lowell 's 2024 "Sculpture" show, beginning in July. 2024 pine

The completed carousel unicorn as displayed in the  Arts League of Lowell 's gallery for it's 2024 show "Fantasy and Allegory. 2024 Laminated Recycled Eastern White Pine sculpture, polychromed with polyurethane finish.  Pole Eastern White Pine sculpture, polychromed with polyurethane finish.  Cast iron base.

 The wood for this piece are pine boards that were broken by myself and my students as part of a taekwondo demonstration at Dracut's Old Home Day .   This piece will be on display at the  Art League of Lowell 's 2024 "Sculpture" show, beginning in July. 2024 Eastern White Pine, tinted with deck stain and finished with polyurethane.

An earlier birdhouse attracted many little birds to our property who subsequently gifted us with many blackberry bushes.  In gratitude for this summer treat, I came up with the idea for this whimsical, functional birdhouse in recycled pine.   My grandson Clark decided that I had make a sculpture of his uncle and my son Marc and so named it. Uncle Marc's full title is Big Uncle Little Marc, so as not to be confused with my younger brother, Little Uncle Big Mark. This piece will be on display at the  Art League of Lowell 's 2024 "Sculpture" show, beginning in July. 2024, recycled Eastern White Pine, burned and polychromed with a polyurethane finish.

 This piece of the last of the UFOs (Un-Finished Object) in the workshop that I started before the pandemic and put on hold for my latest book. The unicorn itself is made from recycled wood that had been previously broken during taekwondo tests and demonstrations. The pole is in two parts and the wood was sourced from a local lumber mill.  While turning the pole, I discovered that a lathe can be an artillery piece if used incorrectly enough.  A small miscalculation and the piece oscillated, tore itself free, and launched across the workshop into a wall.  Fortunately I was alone in the workshop and standing clear. The piece will be entered in the  Arts League of Lowell  2024 Fantasy and Allegory show. 2024.  Polychromed Eastern White Pine.  Polyurethane finish.  Leather tail. Cast iron base.

A piece I designed and created specifically for the show.  Based on a similar project from  Easy Carving Project for Kids , this version is much larger with deeper tones.  The top piece was a board I'd picked up at a New England Wood Carver's event in the early 2000s.  When I completed the application for the show I thought it was walnut, but the more I look at it, the more I think it's mahogany.  List of artists participating in the show: Panoramic photo of a portion of the gallery of the  Arts League of Lowell . 2024 Mahogany, jelutong, birch plywood, brass hardware.  Polychromed with acrylics and finished with hand rubbed polyurethane. In a private collection.