[Doug Ridley]

Here's a little 10 inch carving I did for my son as a gift. He is carved from Basswood and painted with oils. He is standing on a US map and holding a top in his hand with a for sale tag.

[Lynn O. Doughty]

Nice one Doug. Clever and real well done.

[Doug Ridley]

Thanks, Lynn. I'll treasure that, coming from you.

[wood-whittler]

doug,

nice one, well done.

bart

[Robert Cahill]

Good one and very creative. I always admire the creativity of the carvers on this board when I try to come up with something I run into a vacumn Nice job and thanks for sharing

[JIM QUILICI]

Doug,
I like that carving , never thought of putting a carving on a map ...good idea, I will store that in the back of my mind ....to use some day.
Jim

[windsong]

Doug
Very nice done.Why did you paint it with oils?I never painted one with oil paint before but i like the rich colors.And you statment is very true.
Vic.

[gene messer]

Great job Doug ... clever idea with the map ...

your painting and carving are very good ..

Thanks for sharing

Gene

[Wolf Kiessling]

Another good one, Doug.

I like the idea of the map. I carved a bull not too long ago and mounted him on a mesquite pedestal that l carved to look like a T-bone steak (even left the yellow sapwood on one edge to represent fat) and nobody, but nobody, ever caught it. The ones that said anything at all thought it looked like the state of Texas. You never know.............

[Doug Ridley]

Vic, we paint most of our carvings with oils as we like the look.