“All I have on it is that I’m a wood carver ... and other figures for sale. Varying in size from large to small, favorites include owls, eagles, deer, wolves, bears, squirrels and whimsical ...

O'Brien has been making wood carvings of black bears, deer and other woodland critters since the 1980s from a small shop called Where the Bears Are, but his middle-finger masterpiece prompted ...

Bear was best known for his masks, which he often carved out of butternut or yellow birch wood, then decorated with furs and hair. His masks hang in collections across Atlantic Canada, and two of ...