UPCOMING EVENTS
January 24th +31st 2010-I will be teaching part #2 of my
Blue-wing teal carving Class at The Tuckerton Seaport. Contact Jackie at the seaport for more details.
January 30th 2010-I'll be stopping by the Level decoy show just
outside HDG' Md. for the day.
March 27th 2010- I'll be
attending the Parkertown Decoy show sponsored by the NJDCA. One of the best decoys shows in NJ!
April 9th +10th 2010- I'll be at the ECDC show at the Best
Western in St. Michaels MD. Don't miss out on a great time. Bar-B-Cue Saturday afternoon.
May 1st 2010- I'll be attending the
Hdg decoy show for the day Saturday. Hope to have a good time in a classic decoy town.
May 16th 2010- The new Batsto decoy and outdoors
show. Held on the grounds of the Historic Batsto mansion in Wharton State forest I don't think you couldn't ask
for a better setting for a show!
Sept.25th-26th 2010- I will be set up on the park beach
for the 27th annual Tuckerton Decoy show. One of the best shows in the country and a great time for all ages!
Oct.3rd +10th 2010- I
will be teaching an Advanced carving class at the Tuckerton Seaport. This years class wil be a carvers choice of a Hooded
Merganser Hen or Drake. You can find out more information by visiting the Seaport's Website on my links page.
Nov. 10th and 11th 2010- I will be at the Easton Waterfowl
festival Tailgate Swap. A nice time to get a crack at collectable decoys before the weekend! A very popular event with carvers
and collectors alike.
NEWS+ARTICLES
Feb 2005- Best of show Honors at annual Toms River Decoy
Show.
Sept 2005 - New Jersey Decoy collectors featured
"Alive" carver at Fall kick off meeting.
Jan 2006 - Drake Wood Duck choosen for the 2006 NJ Waterfowl
Stamp. Stamp released August 2006. See NJ duck stamp page for more information.
Feb 2006- Had fun Judging the Delaware
River birds at the Toms River show !
Sept 2006- Article written by Allen Linkchorst covering
some of my work, featured in "Decoy Magazine" ( May-June
2006 cover date) Click link below to read the article.
Sept 23+24 2006- Enjoyed judging the Green-wings
at this years Tuckerton show!
Dec 2006- Green-Wing Teal pair on display in the Marshelder
Gun Club at the Tuckerton Seaport. Wood Duck pair on display as part of the Duck Stamp exhibit in the Main Seaport Museum.
January 2007- One of my Curly-neck Black ducks
featured in Rod Taylor's "Fresh from The Bench " series in "Hunting and Fishing collectables " magazine.
May 2007- Crow sculpture featured in the May-June 2007 "Hunting
and Fishing collectables" magazine.
May 2007- Profiled in "Decoy Magazine's" story
about the Tuckerton Seaport.
Sept-2007- Enjoyed being one of the judges for this
years Delaware river contest at Tuckerton!
Sept-Oct 2007- My Huck Caines inspired
Drake mallard featured in Fresh From the bench series in "Hunting and Fishing Collectables" magazine.Click link below to read the article.
Oct 7th + 14th 2007- I enjoyed teaching the
advanced carving class at the Tuckerton Seaport. It was focused on techniques and processes used in carving one of my
favorites, the pintail drake.
January 2008- Best of Show honors at the 2008
Toms River-Ocean County Art and Decoy show.
Spring 2008- I was honored to participate in
the National Endowment for the Arts "Artist in Residence" program. I worked in conjunction with the Tuckerton Seaport
in this project making a drake Wood Duck that is now part of the Seaports permanant collection.
June 2008- A Black Duck featured in Ron Koch's
article "Another View on Decoy Collecting" in Hunting and Fishing Collectibles Magazine.
January 2009- I was honored
to be selected as the "Featured Artist" at the 25th annual Toms River art and decoy Show.
May-June 2009- My story of "DUCKY" published in
"Hunting and Fishing Collectibles" magazine. Click link below to read "DUCKY".
October 2009- "World class collection is Just
Ducky"
July-August 2010- The story of my Spring Turkey hunt
using my own Turkey hen decoy featured in the "Turkey Talk" Department of "Hunting & Fishing Collectibles Magazine"
You can read the article by clicking this link.
