Lee Michaels wrote:
I saw a story on this guy the other day. He is one of those guys who
has a god given gift to create wonderful sculptures out of wood. No
diagrams or drawings. He just "frees the animal" from the wood.

Obviously, he is talented. I think being able to "omit the drawings" is
commonly acquired after a lot of practice. I understand It saves a lot
of time too,and permits the carver to proceed in a more avant-garde way,
compared to following a highly-structured (conventional) approach.

He
specializes in horses. His horse sculptures can bring $25,000. They
are full size. He does bears and other assorted wildlife. This guy is
very good. This is his website. He does most of the carving with chain
saws.

When you said "chainsaw", I didn't expect to see such fine work!
I was pleasantly surprised! : )

Thanks!
Bill


http://www.jmswoodsculpture.com/

He has slide shows and pictures on three separate pages on the website.
I feel like a ham fisted cave man after looking at his stuff. Enjoy.