If you think painting is complex, I hope to change your mind. I break down… More

The magpie is one of my favorite birds to carve. It has great personality… More

The blue-winged drake is a beautiful bird. The highlight areas for me are… More

Rick has tried acrylics but says he prefers oils because the acrylics dry… More

A client showed me a fairly common photo of a screech owl half awake in a… More

The downy woodpecker is North Americas smallest woodpecker. It is also one… More

The blue-winged drake is fun to paint. It gives you many opportunities to… More

A local game warden had heard about my bird carvings. I showed him some,… More

The scrub jay, like other jays, has a lot of character. You can spend many… More

For some time, I had considered carving a rig of red-breasted mergansers… More

I have carved many long-tailed ducks over the years, including one I… More

The male American kestrel has a unique color scheme, one unlike that of… More

When painting the downy woodpecker I will use both an airbrush and hand… More

Through my years of decoy carving, I often thought about the beautiful… More

After I photographed the falcon for the first part of this demonstration… More