Spuds are short, stocky and spud like caricatures who chomp on a cigar.  When the first one on the right in the photograph  was carved it reminded me of a “spud” like character.  Each subsequent  look alike carving became another “spud” whose stance and demeanor take on an air of the kind of  no nonsense kind of guy who gets the business done.  While the first few “spuds” were under three inches, the later versions were carved out of a three inch tall by an inch and half square basswood block.  Each is finished with a monochrome finish of raw sienna artist oil paint mixed with boiled linseed oil in order to emphasis that “texture is color”  by allowing the carved texture to speak for itself. 

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