To me, Nature is God. Without it, we simply would not exist. Conserving the world’s natural spaces and the creatures that live there is paramount to the survival of humans as a species, and I have therefore dedicated my life to studying environmentalism in order to help people co-exist more successfully and sustainably with the natural world.
All natural materials I use in my creations are either sourced from roadkill, Fish and Game, secondhand sources such as fellow artists and estate sales, or are antique. In this way, I'm ensuring that no animals were needlessly killed for the sake of the artwork I produce. I fully believe that no part of any creature should go to waste if a purpose can be found for it, but I do NOT support trophy hunters or overseas fur farms by buying 'byproducts' like bones, skulls, or claws directly from them. The only exception I make for this rule is for parts from animals legally culled for population control programs approved by Fish and Wildlife.
As a photographer and wildlife enthusiast, I've been involved with many fantastic organizations such as Images4Life and Wild Tiger, as well as the Sierra Club and many smaller, local groups.
I've been published, interviewed, and even featured on Rainn Wilson (Dwight from “The Office”)'s personal networking website, SoulPancake.com.
I’ve also been blessed with the opportunity to visit many of the world’s most amazing wild places, like Komodo Island, Bali, Lombok, Malaysia, and the Cayman Islands, and have even documented entirely new species previously unknown to science.
Other interests include: Wilderness survival, primitive skills, backpacking, fishing, kayaking, boffing, airsoft, snowboarding, meandering around town, and caving.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
SCORE!
Got a cinnamon black bear and a mountain lion rug from a German hunter here who is finally moving back to Germany with his wife after 46 years of adventuring across the USA. He’d been to Alaska, Oregon, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Washington, and many other places for various hunting expeditions and was selling everything in his collection at the same price he’d paid his taxidermist to have the animals mounted - which is an excellent deal for me! The cinnamon bear is going to be a headdress (it’s already been accounted for), and I’ll probably just have a member of my shop up in Washington sell the cougar (can’t sell cougar parts in Oregon). Will post photos in a few!
Night in camp. Photos by NaturePunk.
Columbia River Gorge, Oregon. Photography by NaturePunk.
Cape Disappointment, photographed by Sarah Lynch. Heading out here for the weekend with Brother and the pupper-doo.
David R. Marsh lends his modeling skills to help exhibit some of my recent taxidermy work.
This white wolf is an unusual specimen, as it has very unique coloration, the likes of which I’ve never seen in a wolf before. I’d love to know more about it, but the hide was provided by a client who got it secondhand, so I don’t know much aside from the fact that it’s an Alaskan wolf.
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Columbia River Gorge, Oregon. Photography by NaturePunk.
Forests of Oregon, photographed by NaturePunk.
Columbia River Gorge, photographed by NaturePunk.
Forest adventures with Wane of Ents.
Camping at the old hunter’s cabin in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest of Washington. Photography by NaturePunk.
Bobcat tracks just outside our tent in the forest near Carson, Washington. I have spent literal months in the forests of the Pacific Northwest and have seen nearly every animal imaginable in these forests - from cougars to bears to bald eagles. But bobcats have always eluded me. This little one passed less than two yards from our tent in the middle of the night without even waking the dogs. I tracked him from the roadside into the forest about a quarter-mile before the brush became too think to continue.
Bridge on the Joseph Trail in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest of Oregon. Photography by NaturePunk.
Adventures with Brother, Yellowtulipfinch, and his lovely lady in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest of Oregon. Images by NaturePunk.
Detail of Oregon moss. Photography by NaturePunk.
Sculpture in the woods on San Juan Island. Photography by NaturePunk.
