Redrawn from the excellent pencil drawing by Miss M.S Hays in 1959.  Burned engraving finished with 2 coats of Honey Pine stain and 2 coats of polyureathane on front and back.

    Craftsperson signature, numbered, and dated 4/2005, all engraved and burned on back of the board.

    Pine plaque meaures 5 1/4" x 7 1/4" x 5/8" thick.   Ready to hang.

   Re-drawn from the excellent pencil art by Miss M.S. Hays in 1959.  Burned engraving with 2 coats of  Pecan stain and 2 coats of polyureathane front and back.

   Craftsperson signature, numbered, and dated 4/2005, all engraved and burned on back of the board.

   Basswood French cornered plaque measures 11" x 14" x 3/4" thick. Ready to hang.

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   Re-drawn from a postcard by Guy Fanguy, burned engraving on a rough cut basswood board, stained with 2 coats of Classic Oak and 2 coats of polyureathane front and back.

   Craftsperson signature, numbered, and dated 6/2005, all engraved and burned on back of board.

   Basswood board measures about 8" x 12"x 3/4" thick.   Ready to hang.

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   Re-drawn from a poster on my website on the POSTERS page.   Burned engraving on a basswood plaque, 2 coats of Classic Oak stain and 2 coats of Polyureathane on front and back.

   Craftsperson signature, numbered, and dated 7/2005, all engraved and burned on back of board.

   Basswood Plaque measures 7" x 9" x 3/4" thick.   Ready to hang.

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   Re-drawn from the beautiful mystical/fantasy art work by Johanna Peiterman.  Burned engraving finished with 3 coats of Classic Oak and 3 coats of polyureathane front and back.

   Craftsperson signature, numbered, and dated 7/2005 all engraved and burned on back of board.

   14 1/2" x 11 1/4" x 3/4" thick French conered basswood plaque.  Ready to hang.

Click here if you would like to see Miss Johanna's art work. 

   This is the very first piece i've completed to offer to the public, it is re-drawn from a paint-by-number set.  It is numbered, signed, and dated with month and year of completion on the back of the board, which is engraved and burned.

   This tiger is a burned engraving and handpainted, trimmed in "Northern Ivy" green stain. The back of the board is finished with 2 coats of pecan stain, and both front and back have 2 coats of high quality,heavy duty,polyureathane.
Comes ready to hang

   Completed 10/2004

   Size is 9" x 12" x 3/4" thick basswood plaque

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   Re-drawn from a paint-by-number set.  Burned engraving and handpainted surface. The outside border of the plaque is done in a yellow stain, the back of this board is finished in pecan stain and 2 coats of high quality, heavy duty polyureathane front and back.

   Signed, numbered, and dated 10/2004 on back of board, which is also engraved and burned.

   Size is 9" x 12" x 3/4" thick, Basswood plaque, and comes ready to hang.

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Product SKU/Part Number: WES - 2 

   Re-drawn from a paint-by-number set.  Burned engraving and handpainted. Outside border is also handpainted, in a burnt orange. Back is finished in 2 coats of pecan stain, and 2 coats of high quality, heavy duty polyureathane front and back.

   Signed, numbered, and dated 10/2004 on back of board, which is also engraved and burned.

   Size is 12" x 16" x 3/4" thick, Basswood plaque. Comes ready to hang

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Product SKU/Part Number: WES - 3 

   At the edge of sugar cane fields, Nottoway stands overlooking the Mississippi River in White Castle, Louisiana, south of Baton Rouge. It is the largest of the Antebellum Plantations remaining in Louisiana, second in size and grandeur only to Belle Grove Plantation Home, which suffered a series of disasters, and finally succumbed to fire.

   This enormous mansion, completed in 1859, reflects an unusual combination of Greek Revival architectural elements with innovative blends of John Hampden Randolph's fanciful desires.

   The house has 50 rooms, which were certainly needed as Randolph had 11 children. It is said that Nottoway was the first Plantation to have a bathroom on the second floor and also had hot & cold running water.

   Inside one cannot escape the beauty & elegance of it's famous White Ballroom. It was the center of all the Randolph's entertainment activities, with parties, receptions and balls that would go on late into the night.

   In 1862, Randolph took his slaves and went to Texas to work a cotton plantation there, in order to keep himself solvent. The Randolphs sent there teenage daughters away to safer territory and Randolph's wife, Emily Jane Liddell Randolph remained on the plantation with the younger children, 2 visiting lady friends, and a few of her slaves. One of her daughters, Cornelia, kept a diary. It is from this diary as well as from preserved letters and documents that we know of Emily Jane's courage.

  At one point in 1862, when she was 45 years old, she faced down the Union Navy. Gun boats were sailing by the house, and Union troops had begun to bivouac on the lawn. Armed with only a dagger which she tucked into her belt, she went out on the front gallery. She was determined not to let the Union troops into her house. Many homes along the river had been abandoned, these deserted homes, if not burned, were destroyed by looting and vandalism. As she stood on the front gallery, a group of Confederate soldiers opened fire on the Union troops. The gun boats on the river returned fire. Though they were not aiming at the house, much of the fire hit it or landed on the grounds. When the firing became heavy, Emily gathered her children, friends, and slaves, and took them all to the ground floor where the walls were four feet thick. When the barrage was over, she alone had the courage to mount the stairs and assess the damage.

   It was in that same year that Emily Jane gave birth to her 11th and last child, Julia Marceline Randolph.

   Although the Union Army encamped several times on the lawn during the course of the Civil War, they never entered the house except to search for weapons.

   Nottoway served as inspiration for the filming of the movie "Gone With The Wind". Scarlett O'Hara fashioned her dress from drapes very similar to those that hang in the Randolph study.

   Today, Nottoway is open for public tours, and has bed & breakfast accomodations, a restaurant, and a gift shop. The Grand White Ballroom is a favorite setting for wedding receptions. Many visitors enjoy the bonus of watching the paddlewheel riverboats, such as the Delta Queen, as they pass the plantation grounds on their journey up the Mississippi River.



   Re-drawn from a postcard by Robert Seago.  This is my very first plantation, burned engraving. I finished this one off in 2 coats of classic oak stain, and 2 coats of high quality, heavy duty, polyureathane, front and back. The outside border is trimmed with gold accents.

   I hope whoever purchases this one enjoys it as much as i do.

   Signed, numbered, and dated 11/2004 on back of board, which is also engraved and burned.

   Size is 12" x 20" x 3/4" thick, oval Pine plaque, comes ready to hang.

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Was $125.00

   This miniature plantation scared me in the begginning, i went from a large engraving of this plantation, to a tiny one....extremely tedious !   Re-drawn from a postcard by Robert Seago.

   I started with a board that i pre-stained in yellow, lightly sanded it after engraving and burning was completed, to give it a "weathered" look. The back has 2 coats of pecan stain and the whole piece is finished off with 2 coats of polyureathane....need i add high quaility, heavy duty ? hehehehe

   This piece is not for sale, it will be given to my Aunt Trudy this Christmas, but i will have another miniature posted to this website in the future.

   Completed 11/2004

   Size is 5" x 7" x 5/8" thick, french cornered plaque

 
 
Product SKU/Part Number: WES - 5 

   Re-drawn from clip art.  Burned engraving, handpainted.
   2 coats of pecan stain on back, and....you guessed it....2 coats of polyureathane front and back

   Completed 11/2004

   Size is 5" x 7" x 5/8" thick, Basswood plaque

   This piece is not available, it was given to my Mom, just because. Another may be available in the future and also possibly in a larger size.  
 
Product SKU/Part Number: WES - 6 

   The photo does not do this piece justice.   Re-drawn from a postcard by Robert Seago.

   This board was finished in several heavy coats of pecan stain and polyureathane front and back. The front has an almost glasslike smoothness.

   If i were to suggest any of these pieces, this would be the one. The heavy pecan stain really adds warmth to this burned engraving.

   Signed, numbered, and dated 11/2004 on back of board which is also engraved and burned.

   12" x 20" x 3/4" thick oval pine plaque, comes ready to hang.

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Was 125.00

 
 
Product SKU/Part Number: WES - 7 

   Re-drawn from a comic strip. This burned engraving was done by request for a young mans daughter.

   Finished with 3 coats of classic oak stain and polyureathane front and back.

   Signed, numbered, and dated 11/2004 on back of board, which is also engraved and burned.

   5" x 7" x 5/8" thick, rectangular plaque, ready to hang

   This particular piece is not available, but if interested in purchasing a similiar burned engraving of this piece, feel free to e-mail your request.

 
 
Product SKU/Part Number: WES - 8 

   Re-drawn from a comic strip. This piece was also done for the same young man in the above item.

   Finished in 3 coats of classic oak stain and polyureathane front and back.

   Signed, numbered, and dated 11/2004 on back of board, which is also engraved and burned.

   5" x 7" x 5/8" thick rectangular plaque, ready to hang.

   Not available, but if interested in purchasing a similar burned engraving, feel free to e-mail your request.

 
 
Product SKU/Part Number: WES-9 

   Re-drawn from the great pencil art by Miss M. S. Hays in 1955.

Rienzi Plantation is located on the East bank of Bayou LaFourche in Thibodaux, Louisiana. A combination of Spanish & West Indian architecture tempered with Greek Revival influence, Rienzi's feeling is definetely tropical and romantic. A gracefully curved and much photographed double staircase leads to the galerie. The house has 2 intersecting center halls on each floor. One of the halls on the lower floor was originally a carriage-way through the center of the house. but has been closed in since the 1850's

According to legend the house was built for Queen Maria Louisa of Spain as a refuge should Napoleon's army invade Spain. Napoleon did not invade and the Queen never saw her house.

In 1803 the plantation was purchased by Juan Ygnacio de Egana who had been a representative of Queen Maria Louisa. Later an Italian is said to have owned the plantation and named it after a 14th Century Italian patriot, Cola de Rienzi.

Recently the Levert family has donated the plantation and grounds to Nicholls State University and will house the university's Chef John Folse Culinary Institute.

This burned engraving is full of detail and finished with 3 coats of Honey Pine stain and 3 coats of polyureathane front and back and has handpainted gold accents on the plaque border.

Signature, date of completion 12/2004, and numbered 10, engraved and burned on the back

12" x 20" x 3/4" thick oval pine plaque, comes ready to hang.

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Reg. $125.00

This is the back view of the Bernard Schwartz House in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Built by Frank Llyod Wright. This piece was done from a photograph for a wonderful couple that vacationed there.

Front and back stained with 3 coats of Honey Pine and 2 coats of polyurathane.

Back is signed, numbered and dated 12/2004

Size : 11 3/4" x 9" x 3/4" thick oak plaque, ready to hang

SOLD

 
 
Product SKU/Part Number: WES-11

   Re-drawn from a postcard by Robert Seago.

   Front is stained yellow and sanded lightly for a "weathered" look. Back is stained with pecan. Signed, numbered and dated 1/2005. Front and back have 2 coats of polyurathane.

Size : 5" x 7" x 5/8" thick French cornered plaque, ready to hang

    SOLD

        Please contact me if you would want one for yourself

   Re-drawn from the pencil art by M.S. Hays in 1956.

St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Front and back are stained with 3 coats of Pecan, 3 coats of polyurathane

Signed, numbered and dated 1/2005 on back

Size : 11" x 14" x 3/4" thick basswood french cornered plaque, ready to hang

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   Re-drawn from the pencil art by M. S. Hays in 1955.

   Finished with 3 coats of Honey Pine stain and 3 coats of polyurathane front and back. Back is signed, numbered, and dated 1/2005

   Size : 5" x 7" x 5/8" thick. Rectangular plaque, ready to hang.

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   Re-drawn from the pencil art by M. S. Hays in 1956.

   St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana.

   Finished with 3 Coats of Honey Pine and 3 coats Polyurathane front and back.  

   Back is signed, numbered, and dated 1/2005.

   Size : 5" x 7" x 5/8" thick rectangular plaque, ready to hang.

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   Re-drawn from the pencil art by M. S. Hays in 1959.

   Belle Grove Plantation was one of the grandest in Louisiana. It was designed by Henry Howard for John Andrews at the pinnacle of prosperity during the 1850's sugar boom. It was completed in 1857 and was later owned by the Henry Ware family. Abandoned by 1925, the Historic American Buildings Survey documented her in 1938. After years of neglect and vandalism, it succumbed to fire in 1952. It would have been the largest plantation home in Louisiana, outdoing Nottoway....the friendly competitors.

   Finished with 2 coats of Olde Maple and 3 coats polyurathane front and back.

   Signed, numbered, and dated 2/2005 on back

   Size : 12" x 16" x 3/4" thick basswood rectangular plaque, ready to hang

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This carving stands just about 13" from base to top of the sleeping racoon perched on his head. The artists initials are ingraved near the base as well as the year it was made (2001). It also has a clear coat finish which makes this wood carving an eye catcher.

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