A bit over 40 years ago my mother gave me a Carolina Wren carved and painted by  a local artist.  I thought I would like to try carving a bird myself.  After several attempts I finally made what I felt like was a very good representation of a Common Snipe.  However my job and small children forced me to put the hobby aside for 35+ years.

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Then along came Covid and I needed something to do.  I tried jigsaw puzzles but it wasn't satisfying.  I remembered I still had some of my old tools boxed up and dug them out.  During the time away from carving there was and continues to be a significant advancements in the realism in the carving world. My goal is to preform at the highest level of artist realism I can achieve, and hopefully each piece is just a little better than the last.