Wyman Friske was born in Leelanau Co., Michigan (Grand Traverse area) in October of 1957 and now lives in Traverse City, Michigan and is married to Angela W. Friske (Born 1963). Wyman wrote me that he has been carving for …
Friske, Wyman – Bingham or Traverse City, Michigan Read More »
Ron is the author of Michigan’s Master Carver, Oscar W. Peterson. He was born in Cadillac, Michigan in 1947 and grew up in t Traverse City area. Ron now resides in Fife Lake, Michigan and stays involved in fishing, hunting …
Fritz, Ronald J – Northern Lower Peninsula – Zephyrhills, Florida Read More »
John Fonger is from Oscoda, Michigan. This is an email to me about Fish Decoys Net and a little bit of carver’s story: “I was looking at your web site last night and it has really improved so I thought …
James “Jim” Foote (1925-2004) formally of Gibraltar, Michigan. Jim was a world renowned wildlife artist. His wildlife paintings & carvings of waterfowl & fish decoys are prized worldwide. Jim was a co-founder along with myself of the Great Lakes Fish …
Foote, James E. “Jim”- Marco Island, FL or Gibraltar, Area 6, MI Read More »
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”138″] Ray Forner is of Rockville, Minnesota. Since 1938 “I was bidding on eBay for a lizard like this from Ray and at the last minute, I got sniped, so …
Forner, Raymond – Cold Springs or Rockville or Laporte, Minnesota Read More »
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”139″] Bob Foster is from West Des Moines, Iowa and styles after carvings from DFD. He signs Bob Foster on bottom of the decoys. Bob was born in late 1937 …
Foster, Robert Eugene ‘Bob’ – West Des Moines, Iowa Read More »
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”134″] Jim was born in 1954 and is from Algonac, Saint Clair County, Michigan Jim wrote the following “I got started carving decoys when I started spearing pike after inheriting …
Felgenauer, James ‘Jim’ G – Algonac, Saint Clair County, Michigan Read More »
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”131″] John Fairfield is from Marenisco, Michigan located in the central-western area of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. One area that may help identify a John Fairfield decoy is his …
Fairfield, John – Marenisco, Area 1, Western, U.P. of Michigan Read More »
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”132″] Dominick Famiano was from Lake Ann, Michigan. Reprint permission by The Reader (Full Article from The Reader) Dominick passed away unexpectedly on Thursday Jan. 31, 2008 at Munson Medical …
[gallery_bank type=”images” format=”masonry” title=”false” desc=”false” responsive=”true” display=”all” sort_by=”random” animation_effect=”” album_title=”false” album_id=”130″] & Sculptor Morten Fadum is from Woodstock Illinois and he not only works in wood, but also in bronze. His works are exhibited at the Wildlife of the World …
