This beautiful eagle and rattlesnake were carved from a single piece
of walnut. The base is about 3 feet across. Each wing is carved
from a separate branch of the tree which forked at that point. Glenn
"saw" the eagle in a tree, so he bought the tree, cut
it down, and carved the eagle and snake from it. Perhaps part of
being artistic is the ability to see such details in the wood before
it is carved; to look at a forked tree stump - and see an eagle
about to make a meal of a snake. |
| Here's
the view of the whole carving. |
And one final look.
This one is just too beautiful to not get a really-good look.
Here's "Honest
Glenn" with a full-size "Honest Abe". After he
"went bust" on Abe - he then did the "complete man"
in cottonwood.
Hagar the Horrible
guards Glenn's mailbox.
He was constructed just last year (2000) of concrete and mesh over a
steel frame that Paul Handkins welded to Glenn's specs. That's Paul
& Glenn "standing behind their work".
Note "Kvack"
- Helga's duck - on Hagar's shield, as well as the full-size concrete
bear and a tiny glimpse of a concrete prairie dog behind them.
Come back again, visit this page and watch it grow.
This Web site has been created by Pete LaMaster,
Glenn's Step-Son. I claim no credit for his delightful work, but I
welcome comments on either his work or this website.
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