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 An original totem pole design commissioned by Stewart Kelly in Waco, Texas. It stands over fifteen feet and is made out of eastern red cedar, mesquite and douglas fir. |  |  |  |  |
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 |  |  |  I was hired by a tech start up called Yonder to chainsaw carve in their downtown Austin high rise office and speak about the creative process to their employees. This is a great use for battery chainsaws - quieter and no fumes! |  A wooden portrait of Ronald Reagan commissioned as a film prop. |
 A collaboration with Disney sculpture artist, R.L. Blair, this adult-sized rocking dragon was created as a pop up photo booth experience and has been shown at RTX Austin, Titmouse Animation Studios and Television Academy in LA. |  Here's a video that tells the story of why I started carving. |  I was on the Czech Speed Carving team at the Huskycup in Germany - in this photo, I'm carving The Little Prince in oak. Photo by Mario Hamburg. |  In a partnership between STIHL Inc and Burton Snowboards, I was able to contribute some work for STASH Killington, Burton's snowboard run in Vermont. |  This was carved in white pine at the Ridgway Chainsaw Carvers' Rendezvous in 2017. |
 Inspired by a magical artifact in the game the Legend of Zelda. Watch the video! |  Here is a commission for Dungeons and Dragons enthusiasts and owners of Titmouse Animation Studios for "Bugbear Canyon," their mystical vacation property in Texas. |  In 2019, I competed at Chetwynd International Chainsaw Championship, one of the top chainsaw carving competitions in the world. Although I didn't place, my good friend and carving assistant John Bello and I beat the height record with this 15.5' sculpture. Watch the video! |  In 2019, Buffalo Trace UK flew me to London to carve a wooden buffalo for a live audience in Shoreditch. We took over Stolen Space Gallery on Brick Ave, near Whitechapel. It was an honor to demonstrate chainsaw sculpture for such a cool company, in such a prestigious location! Watch the video! |  The Denecours of Pacific Grove, CA commissioned this giant octopus wrestling with a steamer ship after their Monterey Pine was killed by a beetle infestation. I added some storm salvaged Western Red Cedar to create this stump transformation! |
 My work has been influenced by living in Texas, from the subjects, such as this "day of the dead" inspired carving to the prominent use of local, red-colored eastern red cedar. |  This sculpture was shown at People's Gallery at Austin City Hall for a year in 2015. Watch the video! |  This dancer was carved in 2016 at an international chainsaw sculpting event was hosted by Sky High on Mount Dandenong in Victoria, Australia near Melbourne. Watch the video! |  I carved this zombie alongside super star Cherie Currie, as she carved Leatherface, for a live music event called "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" at SXSW in 2014. She's a badass! Watch the video! |
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