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Show THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, March Page B2 10, 19 Bev Doolittle to appear at gallery. WOOD: (Continued from Page Bl) After the dry out time and sanding, Oertle does the detail and texture work on the wood w ith other power tools. Because of the long process involved, his orders can take up to six months to fill. What does he sculpture the most? "Bears in all varieties," he hesitation. answered without Growling bears lor men, cuddly teddy bears for women, six foot bears, bears to hold up a fireplace mantel and on and on. He estimates he has done 5X) bears. Far down the line in number of orders are eagles and totem poles. He also does deer, mushrooms, cigar store Indians, gnomes, trolls, clowns, carousel horses. Captain Jinx and a few portraits. But, bears are by far the most requested sculpture he does. Oertler estimates that if he does five eagles and five totem poles, he does 25 bears. One item he doesn't offer anymore is the squirrel. He's done so many that they no longer challenge him. To discourage people from asking for squirrels he started charging outrageous prices for them. A regularly priced squirrel was $35; he went as high as $125 and the orders kept coming. "I thought they were crazy," he said. He continued raising the price. "It went up to $275 before people quit ordering squirrels." He likes to do a variety of things rather than one animal. Bears are more versatile so he never tires of sculpting them. Oertle started carving as a kid. "I picked up a pocket knife one time and did a carving on pumice stone or feather rock at age 15 and it was a could see I had talent tiki face or mask," he said. After he was married, his wife bought him some high quality chisels. Then he got a chainsaw. it's "The chainsaw is so fast hard to go back to anything else. I ; i ' i a A ... i'1 mm .. no CITY SALT LAKE Doolittle Day is March 13 in West Valley City. That's when the nation's most popular print artist, Bev Doolittle, will make a special appearance at Repartee Gallery on March 1 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. An artist slide show will begin at 4:30 p.m. at the West Valley City Hall. The slide show is hosted by Doolittle and is free to the public. There will be a private dinner with Doolittle at 5:45 p.m. by reservation only. In honor of her visit, the gallery will hold a retrospective of 19 framed limited edition fine art prints. Selected works represent milestones in her career, from her 1979 Pintos to her inspirational new work The Spirit Takes Flight. Spend an evening looking beyond the obvious as a world with spirit is revealed. Doolittle has been acclaimed one of the world's foremost print artists. Her most recent works of art create the wild, gorgeous world of nature. Each piece has meaning and a message to be discovered. This is the first time that all these prints have been together in one location here in f. V. v Daily Herald PhotoJason Doolittle's personal appearance is part of a 26 Utah. by the gallery tour and Greenwich Workshop selected galleries across the United States and Canada. To add to the festivities, in conjunction with Doolittle's appearance, Barnes and Noble will feature her latest book. New by Bantam Magic, Books and The Greenwich Workshop Press. A copy of the Collector's Edition of New Magic will be on display in bookstores along with a signed limited edition print of The Spirit Takes Flight. The artist's enormously successful first book. The Art of Bev Doolittle, sold a remarkable 350,000 copies in nine printings. New Magic, the enchanting new anthology, marks the end of her current style. It also signals a new beginning in which Doolittle shares her vision with works from her ongoing artistic quest. "I think of this as the second part of my artistic journey. This is more than a collection of my most recent paintings; a chronicle of my evolving con cerns as an artist and human 1 intend to! beine. In 1996. into some further move even verv different and exciting creative explorations, Doolittle said. Barne and Noble will be having a drawing for one Collector's Edition of Doolittle's new book. The Collector's Edition i cloth bound with a gold foil stamped slip case. It is accompanied by the signed and numbered limited edition fine art print The Spirit Takes Flight. The combination Collector's Edition has a special tip-i- n page with comments from the artist and her name reproduced in gold foil stamping. The set is valued at S245. During the past 16 years. Doolittle'has earned the reputation as the most popular print artist in the country. Since 1979, The Greenwich Workshop, the nation's leading publisher of limited edition fine art prints, has published 30 different limited editions by Doolittle. Her renditions have'sold out more prints in a single edition than any other artist. For more information call or 4 Olson ar 5. !itterjfiHii This Father Christmas was carved by Rand Oertle with a chainsaw. can do in hours what others do in weeks." He has sold 3,000 carvings over an period. The sculptor candidly admits to mistakes. "None of my carvings are without mistakes. They are just not noticeable to others," he said. If it's too bad of a mistake, he laughed and noted that he could, "burn my mistakes and heat the house ... " With all his experience he is doing a "How to" videotape on carving. Before he started wood 374-590- 955-122- sculpturing full time he was a news anchor on KRCR T.V. in Redding. He also did an eight-mont- h stint on a newspaper. When he heads for Tahoe City this spring he hopes people will watch him shape the tree and animals. Tourists coming through give him the most orders for his craft. Fie plans to do a videotape of the tree sculpting process, too. 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