It took me over 5 weeks to finish Rattlesnake walking cane #115. Its the first time I made a figure 8 with the snake and it ended up being quite a challenge to texture and paint in the hard-to-reach spaces around the curves. I made this one out of one solid piece of Lodgepole Pine.
Equipment in this image: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (Paid Link)
Here Mike is using an old guitar, but later he upgraded to a Taylor AD17e (Paid Link) series, which is one of the best guitars that he’s had.
Check out Mike’s latest video of his carved Copperhead Walking Cane!
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It took three and a half months to carve this Southwest desert-themed, Collared Lizard, walking stick.
Before I started carving full time, I painted images of my favorite wildlife and landscapes. The beauty of God’s creation always inspires m
Goldfinch and Thistles | Fine Art Print
An American Goldfinch perched among the Thistle blooms.
The original was created in acrylic on watercolor paper.
This is a buck that had been hanging around our back yard.
I just thought he needed to be painted
~ Mike Stinnett
The original painting was created with a loose style of Acrylic on Masonite
Juniper Bluebird | Fine Art Print
This Western Blue Bird is perching on a Juniper tree full of berries on a misty morning.
The original was created in acrylic on watercolor paper.
Winter’s Hideout | Fine Art Print
This buck has found the perfect winter’s hideout under the cover of a Juniper tree.
The original was created in Acrylic on Masonite.
Limited Edition Print | Thistle and Swallowtail
A delightful combination of beauty,
this fine art print with thistle and butterfly is signed and numbered from a limited edition of 180.
A little Wren sits on top a thistle on a cold winter’s day.
The original was painted with acrylic on watercolor paper.
Please let us know if there are any other works of Mike’s that you would like to see available in our store as prints!
In our next post, we will be featuring Mike’s Original paintings which are available in our online store.
I had roughed this Chipmunk out years ago, and finally decided to finish it in time for someone’s Christmas, last year.
Years ago, I saw a golden eagle carrying a rattlesnake in its talons, and I kept it in mind that I’d like to try and capture that memory in a piece of art. So, I finally got out my carving tools and got started. I made this walking stick from tupelo and lodgepole pine. You can find it and my other available artwork on my shop, https://stinnett-sticks.square.site/. And if you’d like to see how I created this walking stick, I hope to have a new video up on my Youtube channel, Stinnett Sticks, on Friday, February 4th. Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks to all of you who have been stopping by this wordpress website to see what Mike is up to and supporting his work. We are happy to announce that we now have an official website, www.stinnettsticks.com. Though we will not be deleting our wordpress site, most of our new activity will be on stinnettsticks.com.
On our new site we will continue to share news about Mike’s latest projects. Also, you will have the ability to purchase his book, tutorial, music and artwork and links to tools. We hope that you will come by, browse the site an sign up for our newsletter, so we can stay in touch!
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For years people have asked me to share the details of how I make a rattlesnake walking stick. So along with the help of my family, I am writing a fully illustrated and detailed, how-to-carve a diamondback rattlesnake walking stick book. I hope that this guide will help save you time and frustration as you carve your own functional artwork. It’s almost finished and we are very excited! We will keep you updated on it’s progress!
I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to be a part of this project that was made by Andrew Garris. I think this was a very neat idea to put the carved wooden trout into the handle of his fish net. You can see his work on instagram @andrew_d_g You can see the YouTube video of my work on the Rainbow Trout here: https://youtu.be/_OEkkAGFsY4
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