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DOC HOLIDAY – 2 Commissions

   Posted by: woodbeecarver    in Carving Projects

                      

Doc Holiday  is a historic figure who was part of the Gunfight at the OK Corral of Western lore.  Many stories and movies interpreted with artistic license the character of Doc Holiday and there is no definitive and accurate account of where fact ends and fiction begins.  Carving a figure of Doc Holiday becomes the imagination of the carver through various depictions of the  Western outfit.  In this case Doc is wearing a long dark duster over his suit vest, string tie and trousers.  He is carrying a double barreled shot gun in his right hand while the butt of a pistol peaks out of the edge of the left side of his duster. Read the rest of this entry »