Chapter Two · I · Sculptures
From dead oaks, guardians.
Yetis, wizards, mothers, mermaids. He takes a fallen tree and finds whoever was waiting inside. The blade is loud. The work is patient. The figures stand for decades.
13 pieces
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The First Yeti
Single-trunk oak · chainsaw
The one that started it all. A bigfoot pulled from a dead oak by a man who refused to take it down with a truck.
Avalon Archway
Old-growth cedar
Two figures hold up a celtic-knot crown deep in the woods. He left it there for hikers to find. Most assume it grew that way.
Forest Maidens
Cedar · oil finish
A wider view of the archway sentinels. Look closely — one carries a serpent. The other listens to it.
Maiden of the Serpent
Cedar
The serpent figure up close. Sharpened ears. A coil at her shoulder that nobody asks him to explain.
The Hooded One
Standing oak stump · chainsaw
Carved into the trunk before the rest of the tree was felled. He says he didn't choose the figure — the figure was already there.
Mother & Child
Cedar
A woman carrying a small one. The expression is what gets people. It is the same expression his own mother wore the day he learned magic.
Two-Faced Guardian
Cedar
Two faces emerge from one figure — one watching forward, one watching behind. He calls her the Watcher of Hinges.
The Watcher
Cedar
Full body of the Watcher. The animal on her chest is part wolf, part heart. He doesn't say which side wins.
Crimson Pilgrim
Stained cedar · painted hat
A bigfoot in a red hat carrying his own bones. Commissioned by a logger as a yard-piece. Stayed because his daughter wouldn't let him sell.
The Tree Speaks
Living cedar trunk
Carved directly into a standing tree on a friend's property. The face will weather and change. That is the point.
The Blue Sentinel
Carved oak · painted
Silver-blue, weathered by snow. Stands on the side of a road in California and watches strangers go by. People stop their trucks for him.
Sentinel, Standing
Carved oak · painted
The Sentinel from a low angle. Pair of flags behind. Pair of feet still bigger than yours.
The Hand
Carved oak · painted
Just the hand. Holding a beer can someone left, like a giant who agreed to babysit. He kept it that way on purpose.