[Marc Barger]

Here's a few pics of a piece I recently completed. Life size. One year full time to complete. Tupelo and acrylics. Everything is carved or created. Lots of hours sitting there 'engineering' to put this thing together. Ended up being 36 individual pieces. Antlers had 18 in them to give them strength.

[squbrigg]

Mark....that's a beautiful piece of work!! Well done. Beautifully carved, beautifully painter, and beautifully presented.

Bob

[Lynn O. Doughty]

Marc......Welcome aboard. Really beautiful pieces. I did a Google search on you and came across your photos on the Wet Canvas forum. You ought to publish the Kestral pics here of him before he was completed. That deer is fantastic. Especially as he's lifesize. You'd never know it was wood unless you were up close or someone told you.

It's guys like you that keep the rest of us honest and on our toes. We set out here full of ourselves, thinking that we're the top of the heap and then someone like you shows up out of the blue and pulls the rug from beneath our feet.

Can't wait to see more of your work. Fantastic!

[Marc Barger]

Thanks for the kind words!

Lynn, I think there is always someone that pulls the rug out from under all of us with their creations. It happens to me a lot and drives me to get better. Refine the techniques I use. Change to new ones. Try new things.

Again thanks for the kind words and I look forward to getting to know all you people!

Marc

[Nancy-ID]

Marc, one word, "WOW!"

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Marc.....that is a "show stopper!" Enter that in a few shows! That is beautiful work! thanks Dave (if it doesn't win "Best of Show" I will buy you a donut! )

[Greyhair]

Having bagged a few of those November warriors and having them mounted. I can assure you that yours will look a lot better than the hairy ones I have hanging after 10-15 years. Great job. Are the horns all acrylic?

[Marc Barger]

Dave, Thanks! I wish I could show it at some shows. I think it'd do well as it is way more impressive in person than a photograph can relay. But alas the person I did this piece for will not respond to any of my attempts to contact him to see if he'd allow it. Very frustrating to say the least. But I guess it's his now and he can do whatever he wants. You would think though that a collector would appreciate the fact that the more I could show this the more my name will get out and the more this piece might be worth down the road. Oh well. Otherwise I would take you up on the donut! Especially if it was a chocolate fried roll!

Greyhair, Thanks! Everything is wood. By acrylics I was meaning that that's the type of paint I used. Sorry.

Nancy, Thanks for the "WOW!"

[fishcarver2004]

very nice,Mark one the best deer that i've seen!
Stacey

[Thor]

Dito on the "WOW".
Wonderful work. Thanks for showing it to us.
Thor