Chaninsaw-Carved Bear With Lantern

This was my favorite of the entries in the June 2023 chainsaw carving contest held annually in Ronan, Montana...

Many thanks for your visits, comments, and favs. All are so appreciated!

[Casablanca]

He's so handsome!

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful

[carol white]

A wonderful carving. Fav 😊

[Margaret Brown]

A super piece of woodwork, we have a lot of carved owls around here which are really realistic.

[Susan Klassen]

Very well done carving. He looks like a happy bear. Fav.

[Bucktree]

Wonderful carving.

[Peter Dulis]

Cute

[Judith Johnson]

Very clever piece of carving

[gloria jones]

Great find and capture

[Carole Sandford]

What a wonderful creation!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Awww- he's a friendly furry fellow!

[Heather]

A friendly looking bear holding the lantern! And what a work of art! Fav

[Christine Sztukowski]

Love this craving

[Babs]

This is my favourite too. fav.

[Dorothy]

Cute.

[Valerie Chesney]

Such a great carving, i do like to watch these clever people creating these pieces!

[eDorre]

Beary cute

[haskar]

I really like woodworking. And this bear is very nice.

[Wylie]

Amazing

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, wonderful work and I see that he was sold.

[Shutterbug]

That is amazing. It has such nice details made with a chain saw. That is quite an art.

[Yao RL]

Amazing work out of chain saws. You have lived in Alaska before, what an amazing place, I am truly falling in love with the place.

[Barb]

@yaorenliu Thanks for the follow, Yao! :-) Yes, we went up initially to work at a Christian radio station and most of our years in Alaska were spent in ministry. But for several seasons we did work as caretakers at Rainy Pass Lodge on the Iditarod Trail. From your many excellent photos I am gathering that you have been to Alaska more than once?

[Yao RL]

@bjywamer It was the first time I visited Alaska from New Zealand in late July this year. I am very sure that I will go back and hiking.