Thursday, March 19, 2009

Photographer's Decoy



The Bird Species is a Blue Crowned MotMot. They are native to the tropics in Central to South America. This is known as a photographer's decoy. My Good Friend Keith Mueller is the progenitor of this genre of decoy, having made and used them in Costa Rica to bring in the tropical birds he is fond of photgraphing and carving. This is my version, It is approximately 10" Long and is carved from Basswood and Painted in Oils.