Wayne Kolstad owes a trip to a restaurant for his career as a wood carver. Now Kolstad, of New Richmond, Wis., is retired and spends his time making intricate carvings of fish. The self-taught artist, ...

Josh Guge, 24, is a wood sculptor who specializes in fish carvings. He recently graduated from Judson College in Elgin with a bachelor’s degree in visual communications. At the age of 9, I created my ...

Peter Winch of Nisswa has been spear-fishing for three years. He bought three or four fishing decoys at a sporting store and off he went. Now Winch can make his own decoys. The Brainerd High School ...

Orland >> A golden trout and blue gill perch on the mantle, a leopard eel lurks in a hallway, a queen angelfish hovers near the wall — Mike Buelna’s home is swimming with fish. Earlier this month, he ...

LENA – Dave Sprout has been fashioning fish from wood for less than a decade, but his most recent creation was judged to be among the best. In the world. Sprout’s brown trout won third place in the ...

Make us a Preferred Source on Google to see more of us when you search. His inspiration doesn't come from his surrounding environment or personal spirituality. Nor do deep inner thoughts or repressed ...

HUDSONVILLE, MI -- Hudsonville artist Orlando Villarreal’s eye for detail has paid off. Villarreal took first place in the open, natural finish category of the World Taxidermy and Fish Carving ...

The fish swimming in the tank in Bryan Sale’s Hamilton workshop at first seem out of place among the saw blades, paints and tools. A closer look around, however, shows the flick of a fin or the shine ...

Sitting in a paint-speckled chair in a studio that overlooks the Isinglass River, Ellen McCaleb recreates the iridescent colors of an Arctic char that rests on a table top also dotted with Vandyke ...