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I retired from wood carving about three years ago because of some health issues but a friend of mine wanted me to carve a picture of her niece....So I thought I would share it.

I carved this on a 2x10 stud...A neighbor friend gave me a bunch of 2x6x12 studs and a few 2x10x12 studs...my neighbor told me that all of this wood was sitting around in his garage for over 50 years.

This is the first of two carvings I'm doing of my daughter's friend Dana LeValley Brun two boys Wyatt and Nolan...It's carved out of poplar wood and the wood board is 11 inches wide by 23 inches tall.

....Tessa's mother [i.e., My daughter] hung the finished product on Tessa's bedroom wall.

Marilyn is 28 inches tall and is carved out of hard wood maple.

...It's carved on Hardwood Maple.

...It's carved out of hardwood Maple

... A Wood Carving I did of my wife Barbie.

This Plaque was a real challenge, but it was fun carving it...I hope you like it!

I gave it my best shot at carving Clint Eastwood....It didn't come out the best...I worked and worked on this thing but I just couldn't quite get it right....I wasn't going to show it but what the heck...I'll show it anyway good or bad....Also...Even the pictures didn't turn out right.

I decided to paint the background...I'm not really sure if it made the carving stand out any better or not...Any feedback would be welcomed!....Toni gave me some good advice for my next carving.

This took me about six days to carve and paint...I changed three things from what's shown in the picture...I made her eyes a little smaller, I cut down on her smile a little bit because adding in her bottom teeth would have been a nightmare and the agony of defeat that would have gone bad real...