Wood carving is a part of my life that I have never considered work. I am quieted by the sound of a sharp tool as it cut its path. I am at home with the pile of chips at my feet and the smell of wood in the air. There is nothing about it that I find laborious, every carving is fresh and captivating.

Most of what I carve is commissioned works though I do some carvings just because I want/need to do them.

I have and can carve in any style, baroque to modern, and in any wood, basswood to ebony. When it comes to a commissioned piece, the client’s wishes are always in the foreground.

I have worked from rough sketches to detailed photographs with equal results.

Many cabinet shops have given me the task of embellishing their work. They, on their own or at the wishes of their clients, send me the parts to be carved. I do no finishing or assembling and most of the time I never see the completed work, but I am content in knowing that I was the one that was thought of for the carving.