Bryon Bodt Decoys

I believe Bryon is one of the best hunting decoy carvers and painters in the US. He is also a great person-always willing to help struggling carvers with their problems.
If you are ever in need of a gift for a friend or relative, one of his decoys would be treasured always. He lives in Churchville, Md. and can be seen at most decoy shows around the Chesapeake Bay.
Bryon began carving a few duck heads in 1977. In the early 1980's he spent three years in apprenticeship under Jim (Jimmy) Pierce, a renowned Havre de Grace decoy maker. Now Bryon produces in his own style, birds native to the Atlantic flyway. He carves the hen and drake of about 16 species of ducks. The Canada goose, snow goose, blue goose, and swan are the larger species that he makes

The decoys are made from white pine logs-split by hand and dried for two or more years. The wood is then placed in a turning making-removing most of the excess wood. In the old days, this was done with a hatchet and drawing knife. They are they shaped, sanded have the heads attached, primed and painted-a long process.

Bryon is one of the best painter I have seen-what do you think?