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Chainsaw Artist Bear
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It's amazing what a little wood, paint,
and a twisted imagination will do. This is inspired a little by Pete
Ortel's Davenport Best-of-Show Winner "Love" where the life-size sculpture
comes to life and she blows it's creator a kiss. It's inspired a
little by Carl Borst's Chip Chats pattern "My first Chainsaw Carving" (a
chainsaw). The 'victim' is inspired a lot by all the wonderful John
Raucci caricatures. I didn't realize I had a photographic memory,
but they're pictures of his stuff. And finally, it was triggered
by a drive up to Old Forge where I was thinking to myself, "If I see one
more chainsaw carved bear...". Told you it was a twisted imagination. I
hope the talented chainsaw carvers will see the humor in this, but if I
ever hear a Stihl or Huskavarna crank up at my next carving show I'm bookin'
for the nearest exit!
At the 2001 MVAWA show this squeaked out a
2nd place between a 1st and 3rd by the newest CCA member Dennis Thornton.
Them's braggin' rights. Then at the second day of the show it received
the CCA Award for "doing the most to promote caricature carving as an art
form" at that show. You have to read that as "doing the most" AFTER
all of the pieces by CCA members and show members there who have won the
award in previous years.
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