Trying something new

I've been doing my fair share of carving caricatures since I started back in August  2009 and while it is a lot of fun, I'm at the point that I'd like to try other things.

Wood Spirits have always intrigued me as I view them as a different personality in each chunk of wood, and it take the carver to bring him or her out to the surface.

This dude is carved from basswood approximately 3"x3"x8".

He is coated in a 50/50 mixture of boiled linseed oil and mineral spirits.

I hope you enjoy him as I really had a blast carving him and I'm sure he's just the start of many more 'spirits' being released from my carvings.

Thanks for looking in.