Hello
Hello,
Thank you Hans for asking me to join your blog. My name is Doug Oliver and like Hans, I'm a semi-professional woodcarver and consider myself an artist. I also have owned my own graphic design business (http://www.fossildesign.com/) since 1996. I first studied classical woodcarving under German master carver Ludwig Kieninger from 1997-2006. Since Ludwig's retirement in 2006, I've been carving with Hans and several other carvers every Wednesday evening in East Dallas. Hans does a wonderful job of teaching us. He has his work cut out with me keeping my tools sharp! :)
My website is http://artbydougoliver.com/ and I try to update that site often. From this site you should be able to get a good feel of the type of things I like to carve. I love the classical! I enjoy the Baroque, Rococo, Renaissance and Gothic periods...you could say I like "OLD WORLD". A recent project was completed at the end of August. Along with Travis Bryant (a furniture builder, carver and friend), he built and I carved two mahogany tables for a Catholic Church in Farmers Branch and delivered in 29 days. (yikes)
I also have a research project I've been working on for several years now. I have been researching a famous Swiss wood carver (Peter Mansbendel) who lived in Austin, Texas from 1911 until his death in 1940. For the last 5 years I have visited multiple Texas cities, homes, businesses and documented his great work and I'm still amazed at the great output any one artist could accomplish in his lifetime. I've built a website (http://www.petermansbendel.com/) to document his life and work and plan to write a book on his life....I will try to blog when I update my sites.
A couple of recent finds of Mansbendel's fine work include the Reed Home in Austin that is being completely restored by Texas Humanties (National Endowment of the Arts) http://www.humanitiestexas.org/ and the wonderful home in McAllen, Texas.
Thanks for adding me, and I hope you find my contributions to Hans fine blog helpful and educational.
Thank you,
Doug
Thank you Hans for asking me to join your blog. My name is Doug Oliver and like Hans, I'm a semi-professional woodcarver and consider myself an artist. I also have owned my own graphic design business (http://www.fossildesign.com/) since 1996. I first studied classical woodcarving under German master carver Ludwig Kieninger from 1997-2006. Since Ludwig's retirement in 2006, I've been carving with Hans and several other carvers every Wednesday evening in East Dallas. Hans does a wonderful job of teaching us. He has his work cut out with me keeping my tools sharp! :)
My website is http://artbydougoliver.com/ and I try to update that site often. From this site you should be able to get a good feel of the type of things I like to carve. I love the classical! I enjoy the Baroque, Rococo, Renaissance and Gothic periods...you could say I like "OLD WORLD". A recent project was completed at the end of August. Along with Travis Bryant (a furniture builder, carver and friend), he built and I carved two mahogany tables for a Catholic Church in Farmers Branch and delivered in 29 days. (yikes)
I also have a research project I've been working on for several years now. I have been researching a famous Swiss wood carver (Peter Mansbendel) who lived in Austin, Texas from 1911 until his death in 1940. For the last 5 years I have visited multiple Texas cities, homes, businesses and documented his great work and I'm still amazed at the great output any one artist could accomplish in his lifetime. I've built a website (http://www.petermansbendel.com/) to document his life and work and plan to write a book on his life....I will try to blog when I update my sites.
A couple of recent finds of Mansbendel's fine work include the Reed Home in Austin that is being completely restored by Texas Humanties (National Endowment of the Arts) http://www.humanitiestexas.org/ and the wonderful home in McAllen, Texas.
Thanks for adding me, and I hope you find my contributions to Hans fine blog helpful and educational.
Thank you,
Doug
(updated to fix links that are no longer valid.)