Art
Barre Pinske - Hand-carved Bear
- Item Number
- 129
- Estimated Value
- 275 USD
- Leading Bid
- 335 USD
- Number of Bids
- 7 - Bid History
Item Description
Artist Barre Pinske began his art career as a chain saw carver in rural Minnesota carving objects out of trees left dead from Dutch Elm disease. His career quickly evolved to demonstrating at fairs, festivals and chain saw carving contests across the US. He also traveled with the Scheers Lumberjack Show of champions - performing chopping, sawing, and speed climbing.
He has owned three galleries on Cape Cod over the 16 years he lived there. One in East Sandwich and another in New Bedford. His most recent project is in Chester Vermont. His pieces are known to many. Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler is his largest collector, owning over 30 pieces. Much of Tyler's collection has been carved from trees on the star's South Shore MA property. Other collectors include Aerosmith band members Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Joey Kramer and Tommy Hamilton. Other notables such as Prince, Barry Manilow and Bill Koch own Pinske art works.
His art work has been featured on CNN Headline News, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today weekend, the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, Cape Cod Times, New Bedford Standard times, the Providence Journal and hundreds of local papers. Much media exposure has come from winning national chain saw carving competitions including The Chain Saw Carving World Championships at age 24. From his start as a chainsaw carver, his work has evolved to include many forms of sculpture, painting and funky furniture. He believes his most significant art placement is the two wood carvings in Votkinsk Russia. They were a gift to the Russians from the Pentagon of a carved bear and eagle symbolizing the two nations during singing of the nuclear disarmament treaties.
Item Special Note
Local pick-up only as this piece is too heavy to ship.
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