Jim Brown
The PebbleCreek Woodcarving Club has selected Dutch Rea as the Carver of the Month for the month of December, 2024. Dutch hales from Fresno, Calif., and many of us in the carving club remember this guy walking into the carving room and saying “I need a house in PebbleCreek.” That was the initiation we had to Dutch, who joined the Woodcarving Club in January of 2022, shortly after finding a house and moving to PebbleCreek. Dutch has carved in many different mediums, basswood, cottonwood bark, and fiber clay. His subjects seem to come from the animal kingdom and Americana Western, in both realistic and character form. In his short time with the club, Dutch has become a very accomplished carver and sculptor. Please join us in congratulating Dutch on this well–deserved acknowledgement.