Welcome

   My journey through this life started out amoungst the corn fields and country back roads of Greenwood, Indiana.  It was there were my inner artist stirred and was born.  I grew up building forts and playing sports and running wild through the woods and along every creek and pond bank I could find and explore.  I knew at a very young age that art was a force deep inside me  and I was constantly drawing and creating things .  I love nature, music, realism, history and fantasy as they all inspire me when creating my works. 

   During high school I enrolled in a vocational school called Central Nine where I studied Building Trades and learned how to build houses.  After graduating high school in June of 1997 I continued to frame houses for  several years.   I took a leap of faith and dove into the world of tattooing in 2005.  After several years of learning from various artist I became a professional tattoo artist and made a living at it for close to ten years.  In 2015 I felt  the need to change my direction in the path my inner artist was going so I decided to go to culinary school for a couple years where I attended Ivy tech and enrolled in  the culinary arts.  After becoming a chef and working in the intense kitchens for a couple years I decided again that wasn't the path I wanted to stay on with my art.  Don't get me wrong,  I love cooking but enjoy doing it for my family and friends and not the masses!  The daily pressure of that industry is insane and aside from being an artist it takes a very special kind of person to handle and perform  in that kind of enviornment daily.  After feeling like I had let myself down going through the culinary guantlet to find out it wasn't what I expected I was feeling low again and started to worry that my path in this life as an artist was falling farther from my grasp again.

   Then one day while surfing around the web looking for job ideas and considering going back to the tattoo world I stumbled  upon some pictures of chainsaw carvings and awesome sculpture work and thought man, I could do that!??  I think...  So once again i'm diving head first into another adventure of art in the crazy world of chainsaw carving!  Man I never looked back!  Of all of the different forms of art I have done over the years this was it!  Finally!, my calling!

  I have now been carving for close to 5 years and will never look away from it.  The first couple years were pretty rough and I contemplated hanging it up several times but kept hanging on and eventually started to figure things out.  Aside from learning how to carve there is so much that is involved in becoming a chainsaw carver and it definitely doesn't happen over night!  You have to learn a lot about the mechanical end of chainsaws and you can never learn all the secrets of keeping a chain sharp which is one of the most important factors.  You also are a Logger and Lumberjack for a good part of the year gathering, organizing and processing all your timber and material.  It also takes a couple years for your body to adjust to all of it physically.  I remember when i first started I could barely get through one tank of gas without cramping and setting my saw down.  Now I can carve from sun up to sun down without even thinking about it!  Three years ago I started traveling and getting invited to carve in national events and competitions all around  the country.  I've carved in Missouri, Arkansas, Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and New York.  I learned so much at the events watching and carving with other carvers from all over the country.    This year in 2020 I decided to get really serious with my carving and start up an official business with it.  So far things have been going very well and I have a lot of shows and events coming up in the very near future.  If you are interested in my work please drop me a line!  On this website my portfolio is where  all of my finished inventory is and will be for sale.  All you have to do is search through there and find the artwork you would like to purchase then email or call me and we will make payment arrangements.  I typically like to make payment transactions through paypal but if that doesn't work for you there are several other options for payment.  Shipping will be included in the price if local pick up is not a possibility.  Shipping cost is generally $20 to $50 for most sculptures but if you are wanting something big like a bench or really large sculpture I do deliver out of state and will price the delivery charge accordingly to how far I have to travel.  Check back periodically to view my portfolio where I will post new inventory on a monthly basis.  As I do take custom orders those request are very limited throughout the year.  I travel a lot and attend and carve in many events throughout the year so I am constantly trying to restock my inventory.  I really like having and selling finished products from my inventory for the majority of my time and business because taking custom orders can become overwhelming and hard to fit in to the flow of my schedule so with that said I do take some orders for custom work here and there but I do choose those orders wisely and those slots are not always open but it never hurts to ask if you are wanting a custom piece created.  Thanks for looking and stay in touch!