Wildlife in Wood

Hand-carved owls, eagles, hawks, and other birds of northern Wisconsin. The original carvings I crea By appointment.

The original bird carvings I create are carved lifesize from a single block of wood or natural log. My carvings are primarily birds of prey... owls, hawks, eagles, osprey and other larger raptors. Other birds have also crossed my workbench in recent years including woodpeckers, ruffed grouse and loons. You will even find one recent carving of a lifesize Red Fox on my site! I carefully select each

piece of wood used to create a new carving. Each piece of wood receives an extended 2+ year drying period before I make my first rough cuts. Two of my favorite carving woods are Butternut and Birch. Both of these species are beautifully grained and hold small detail very well! I sometimes work in other common carving woods... Poplar, Cedar, or Basswood. Plus I have created carvings using some of the local hardwoods... Oak, Walnut, and Cherry.

04/26/2026

A new watercolor painting of a Red-tailed Hawk that I just completed in April. At the age of 81 I'm pleased to be still creating new artwork.

02/26/2026

Almost 81 years of age and still working on a craft I've learned to love. Holding the Peregrine Falcon created from a chunk of birch.

01/19/2026

Just completed the final painting detail on a life size Peregrine Falcon. This piece was created from birch, one of my favorite carving woods.
Slowing down as I approach 81 but still enjoy the hours at the carving bench.

11/04/2025

More of a sculpture than a carving, this stylized owl was recently created from a block of walnut. The piece stands 13" high. It has painted eyes instead of the glass eyes I normally use for my wildlife creations.

11/02/2025

I haven't posted any new photos of carvings that I've finished over the 2025 summer months. A Common Loon, a Red-tailed Hawk carved from oak and a Saw-whet Owl carving. All three have found homes.

01/18/2025

A Great Blue Heron carving finally off my carving bench. Started this piece a couple of years ago, started back carving and painting the Heron from June through late November of 2024. The carving has found a permanent home in Florida.

09/26/2024

A life size carving of a juvenile Bald Eagle. Another spalted birch piece that shared some of the special colors and wood grain of the Red-tailed Hawk piece.
This time I opted to apply several thin layers of oils to achieve the soft, muted feathering of a 2 - 3 year old Bald Eagle.
The base was maintained in the natural spalted beauty.

This Red-tailed Hawk carving was completed several weeks ago but I'm just posting photos on my Wildlife in Wood Facebook...

09/25/2024

This Red-tailed Hawk carving was completed several weeks ago but I'm just posting photos on my Wildlife in Wood page now. The hawk was created out of a single piece of spalted birch. The colors and grain of the wood had to be shared. Too beautiful to be painted over, so I limited the amount of detail oils applied to the piece.

08/18/2024

A Great Horned Owl carved at the top of a spruce branch. My first walking stick creation in a few years. They were popular with customers when I was creating more of them back then. The owl is roughly 6" head to tail.

07/23/2024

As I had said earlier, my goal was to finish this piece before the end of July. The Spotted Owl carving is final. My first attempt at creating a life size Spotted Owl.

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