February Workbench..............

[Bill Clark]

Great birds all, John i really like the bob tail. Tough hard working decoys with no tail issues.

 

[Joe Daly]

Pat --- thank you ... I cannot take credit for the body. That is pure Al McCormick. His designs was all function and durability. The head is mine.







Joe

 

[Colin Fitzpatrick]

Haha thanks Jode! and thanks Dave!

 

[John Unruh]

Great birds all, John i really like the bob tail. Tough hard working decoys with no tail issues.

Thanks Bill , couldn't,t agree with you more,I swear they ride in the water the best , but that could be my imagination lol.

 

[Tom Barb]

Broadbill headed for Long Island. Hollow cedar oils

 

[Capt. Larry M]

Colin, really like the body lines on that Black duck, nicely done Tom hope to have a few decoys at the LI show not sure if I will be able to attend though.

 

[Bill Clark]

No John i think you are spot on. I just finished some black cork cans with composite keels, they self right and ride extremely well.

 

[Pat Gregory]

John - Nice bobtail!
Joe - You are hanging around the right crowd. Al made great, functional decoys!
Tom - I can decide if that scaup is Horner, Joe King or, Lloyd Parker? Am I close? Pat

 

[Tom Barb]

Thanks Larry! Pat, thank you for the kind words and thats a hell of a bunch to be compare to. I studied a bunch of birds before I drew the pattern. Shourds, Horner,Parker, King and then drew what I thought looked like a good jersey bird. I'm happy with the outcome but I think my next ones will be with more Horner influence. Little shorter in length with a little different lines. Should be fun!

 

[Steve Sanford]

Good morning, Tom~

Great bird! I look forward to seeing it in person next Saturday. I think he will join a bunch of other of his species in the (first ever) Contemporary Decoy Exhibition.

BTW: I will be giving a talk the next day - at the LI Maritime Museum in West Sayville - DUCKBOATS Design, Building & Restoration. I will be posting details shortly.

All the best,

SJS

 

[MLBob Furia]

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..... don't know about Blair, McCormick, Horner, Parker, Shourds and all them "schools" guys talk about; but this looks like some old coot who should be the poster child for "products of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the confused." ;- ) ;- )

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[Pat Gregory]

Great looking bird Bob! Who's that young, handsome devil holding it?

Have a hollow pine, full body specklebelly with a neck collar on my workbench...

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[Bill Clark]

Bob,
Beautiful work. I think your secret is mood music.
Let's see Ann Murray, Mantovani surely not hip hop.

 

[MLBob Furia]

Thank you, Bill.
Last week, the "Spotify" playlists were set to Richie Havens, Van Morrison, and Richard Shindell. After we watched a video of "The Martian" last week I did listen to a little Bowie, as the song "Starman" seemed to be stuck in my head. ;-)

 

[Pat Gregory]

Well heck yah! Especially when you are painting a brown eyed girl... Sorry, I couldn't help it... pg

 

[Phil Eager]

Love that girls arse feathers

Phil

 

[Bill Clark]

Good one Pat.

 

[Darin Clark]

I finished painting my RBM with oils. For my first attempt at oils I'm satisfied. I definitely liked working with them and will continue migrating that direction.

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[Jon Yenulonis]

I really like that bird Darin. Nice style, pose and paint job.

Jon

 

[John Unruh]

Finally got this ringer done for donation to our gun club , proceeds to the youth program.