My grandsons were visiting a few weeks ago and they made bird houses to take back home to Virginia. They designed them to look like barns and painted them white and red. This picture is of one of them ready for painting. Nice, huh?
Emma and Henry are not as happy about joining me in the folly these days, it gets a little hot out there. They do hang with me for awhile before asking for the AC.
This wall vase was carved from the stump of a dead dogwood tree. I wish I had taken a picture of the wood before I started work on it, because it looked so bad until I got through the rotten bark an discovered this wonderful grain under it.
This bowl was carved from a limb of a chestnut tree just around the corner from me. The limb was in bad shape and had to be cut because it was hanging over the road, the tree is now doing fine.
Harry Wayne Owen is an Atlanta-based sculptor, woodcarver and painter. Born and raised in Virginia’s Tidewater region, he began drawing and painting at an early age. He worked as an advertising art director in television and for ad agencies and is now a partner in an Atlanta advertising creative services company.
His popular walking sticks are hand-carved on a commission basis from local, sustainably harvested wood prunings, including dogwood, pecan, oak and walnut. He also works in exotic woods. Past commissions have featured druids, historical features, dolphins, dogs, a giraffe, a bear, a crescent moon and a series of pythons.
He also carves wooden bowls, holiday ornaments, corporate awards and large-scale sculpture. To see more of his work, visit http://web.me.com/hwayneowen/wood/home.html.
Commission inquiries: call 404-307-9102.