Canvas Back Duck Sculpture: Cruisin’
I want to create water movement in the stone From the artist, Dale Weiler: The stone for the canvas back duck is the perfect vehicle for generating water movement. There’s a thin layer of quartz in the steatite (the stone used) that helps accentuate the effect...
Shorebird Art: Ira Hudson Yellow Lesserlegs
I CREATED THIS PIECE TO COMMEMORATE MY FATHER. From the artist, Dale Weiler: Shorebird art is one way to honor my father. As a world-renowned sporting art watercolorist, my dad was captivated by how beautifully and simply the early carvers created their shorebird...
Chipmunk Art: Sweet Cheeks
I created this chipmunk art to see how many acorns a chipmunk can cram in it’s mouth Chipmunk art was not really on my mind when I watched a cute chipmunk jam its mouth full of acorns. Then I started thinking, why not sculpt one in stone? And carve it in Carrara...
Creating a Red Wolf Sculpture
A red wolf sculpture was not on our minds when we visited the NC Zoo in 2018. But after seeing their red wolves for the first time, we learned the only wild ones in the entire world (yes, on the whole planet) live in our home state of North Carolina. And with less than 20 left in the wild and just over 250 in captivity, they are critically endangered and may soon become extinct (again) in the wild.
Falling in Love
Fate. Falling in love. A broken sculpture, a missed art opening, and a chance encounter. It sounds like a mystery. Hmmm. We hear so much about “it is meant to be”, “things always have a way of working out”, and “as one door closes another opens”. In our case, it is all of the above.