Teal
Anas crecca
Blue Wing Teal Drake
This life-sized sculpture captures this beautiful bird as it fluffs and stretches prior to preening. It has many individually carved, textured, painted and inserted feathers. It represents a study in feather anatomy. It is carved of tupelo and holly and painted in acrylics. It is available for purchase.
Blue Wing Teal Hen
This life-sized sculpture is a casting of Pat Godin’s carving. I painted it in acrylics. It represents the beauty of this little bird. It is avilable for purchase.
Butternut Teal
This sculpture addresses the basic form of a full-sized teal. This shape is then enhanced by the innate beauty of the grain configurations seen in polished and oiled butternut wood. Feather patterns and wing designs can easily be discerned.
This beauty is 5 X 9 inches. It is available for purchase.
Teal
Carved from basswood, this teal was one of Jim’s earliest duck carvings.
It was sold to a private collector.
