Snook Ice Fishing Decoy Lure Folk Art by Bevy Williams For Sale

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Snook

Ice Fishing Decoy Lure

Folk Art 

by Bevy Williams

Bevy calls this folk art decoy lure a Snook with a black stripe on top from nose to tail. There is added scale detail on both sides of the body and in the tail.

The carving is 6.5 inches long x 2.75 inches wide at fin tips x 1.75 inches high. Fitted with glass eyes, 2 painted aluminum and 2 antique copper fins.  The carving is signed, dated, weighted and marked #3. 

At 72 Bevy is offering her fishing decoy lures, wildfowl working decoys, and decorative decoys for sale only on eBay. .

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Bevy WilliamsMaster Wood Carver  Virginia Beach, Virginia

Bevy was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and lived in a number of New England states for the first 25 years of her life.  From her early childhood she has shown her enduring appreciation for nature and all forms of wild life.

From 1958 to 1982 Bevy spent the majority of  her time being mother to her four children and supporting her husband Jim's 26 year Navy Career.

Bevy's wildlife and conservation work began it's active phase in 1972 when she organized and led a waterfowl rescue group to the Eastern Shore of Virginia after a serious oil spill.  In 1975 she applied for and was granted a Federal License to rehabilitate endangered species of birds and waterfowl on her rural property in Virginia Beach, Virginia.  Working closely with the Federal Fish and Wildlife Service she established and funded the first Federally licensed sanctuary for injured birds in the city of Virginia Beach.  In 1980 Bevy was honored by the Woodman Of The World as "Conservationist of the year".

Bevy has been a talented  painter and artist all of her life.  She started woodcarving in 1976. She began to disply and sell her work locally at Wildfowl and Decoy Carving Shows and has sold her work and entered competetive pieces at  Barnegat Bay New Jersey, Easton, MD, Havre De Grace, Md, The World Championships at Ocean City MD. Chincoteague VA. Whitestone, VA, Duck, NC, Nags Head, NC, The North Carolina Championships at Little Washington, NC and The Showcase of Woodcarvings at Charlotte, NC.  Until she retired from competetive carving in 2000 she was a consistent Blue Ribbon winner.  Bevy placed 2nd Best In Show at the "World" in Ocean City, MD and her work is on permanent display at the Virginia Beach Marine Science Museum.  She is a self taught Master Woodcarver and excels in all facets of the wood carving medium.  Including fish carvng, fish decoys, waterfowl working decoys, decorative highly detailed wildfowl and songbird carvings.  She is also an accomplished award winning carver of caricatures.  Her carvings are held in private collections in the USA and around the world.

Bevy resides in Virginia Beach adjacent to the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge.  Her Studio/Workshop  overlooks the Back Bay Refuge marshland where she is inspired daily by Eagles, Osprey, Pelicans, Many Species of Ducks, Fox, Deer and many other forms of wildlife in this unique setting.  

 

 

 

 

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