David Sears
Works
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David SearsTurnstonecarved and painted wood6 x 2.5 x 3.5"$ 300.00 -
David SearsPreening Duckcarved and painted wood$ 400.00
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David SearsFlight of Ternscarved and painted cedar, driftwood25 x 9 x 2"$ 600.00
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David SearsRavencarved and painted cedar14 x 3 x 7"$ 750.00
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David SearsYellowleg Shorebirdcarved and painted wood$ 900.00
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David SearsFour White Shorebirdscarved and painted cedar, driftwood, sand dollars16 x 15 x 11"$ 900.00
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David SearsCommon Eidercarved and painted cedar6 x 16 x 4.5"$ 900.00
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David SearsWhite Rabbit (Snowshoe Hare)carved and painted cedar14 x 5 x 7.5"$ 975.00
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David SearsShorebird Triocarved and painted cedar/driftwood22 x 18 x 14"$ 1,200.00
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David SearsFive Shorebirdscarved and painted cedar, metal, driftwood21 x 14 x 13"$ 1,400.00
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David SearsPair of Common Eiderscarved and painted wood13 x 6 x 6.5" each$ 1,500.00
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David SearsPreening Cormorantcarved and painted cedar23 x 7 x 6"$ 1,800.00
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David SearsOsprey with Troutcarved and painted cedar, metal20 x 19 x 6"$ 2,200.00
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David SearsCormorant 2, 2021carved cedar, paint19 x 10.5 x 7"Sold
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David SearsCormorant 3, 2021carved cedar, paint23 x 9 x 7"Sold
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David SearsColorado Cutthroat Trout, 2021carved wood, metal, paint11 x 6 x 3.5"Sold
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David SearsBlack Skimmer, 2022carved cedar and paint18.5 x 18 x 3.5 inSold
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David SearsWhite Ibis, 2022mixed carved wood, paint20 x 5.5 x 30"Sold
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David SearsThree Swallows, 2022carved mixed wood and paint6.5 x 12 x 8 inSold
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David SearsFive Terns, 2022carved cedar, paint and driftwood5 x 25 x 8.5 inSold
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David SearsTern, 2019carved red cedar, metal, paint16 x 4 x 7 inSold
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David SearsGBH, 2023carved cedar, paint, driftwood, metal16 x 8 x 27 inSold
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David SearsRed Breasted Merganser, 2023carved wood and paint7.5 x 15.5 x 7.75 inSold
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David SearsThree Brown Shorebirds, 2022carved cedar, paint, metal, urchin shells10 x 13 x 8"Sold
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David SearsCormorant, 2022carved cedar and paint10 x 23 x 4.5 inSold
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David SearsTundra Swan Preening, 2023carved cedar and paint20 x 6 x 7 inSold
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David SearsAvocet, 2019carved wood, metal and paint14 x 11 x 2 inSold
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David SearsSwan Feeding, 2021carved cedar and paint14 x 4 x 6"Sold
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David SearsShorebirds, 2022carved cedar, paint, diftwood and metal14 x 16 x 13.5 inSold
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David SearsEider, 2018carved red cedar, metal and acrylic paint8 x 17 x 7 inSold
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David SearsFour Terns, 2022carved cedar, driftwood, paint4.5 x 15 x 8 inSold
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David SearsWinter Loon, 2021carved cedar and paint6 x 16 x 3.5 inSold
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David SearsEgret, 2023carved cedar, paint, driftwood, metal, starfish29 x 15 x 5 inSold
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David SearsGrouse, 2022carved red cedar, paint, birch log14 x 12 x 10 inSold
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David SearsCormorant Pair, 2023carved red cedar and paint8 x 16 x 4.75 inSold
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David SearsPreening Cormorant , 2022wooden buoy, carved wood, paint7.5 x 17.5 x 5 inSold
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David SearsCormorant, 2021carved wood, paint8 x 19 x 3.5 inSold
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David SearsEider Buoybird, 2022wooden buoy, carved wood, paint5.5 x 14.5 x 4.5 inSold
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David SearsCommon Eider Buoybird, 2022wooden buoy, carved wood, paint5.5 x 15 x 4.5 inSold
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David SearsFour American Avocetscarved and painted wood/driftwood19 x 16 x 13"Sold
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David SearsLaughing Gullcarved and painted cedar12 x 2.5 x 4"Sold
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David SearsBufflehead Paircarved and painted cedar9 x 3.5 x 5"Sold
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David SearsSnowshoe/Varying Harecarved and painted cedar8 x 4.5 x 13"Sold
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David SearsShorebird (Immature Black Skimmer)carved and painted cedar and driftwood16 x 8 x 10"Sold
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David SearsTimberdoodle (American Woodcock)carved and painted cedar9 x 4 x 3"Sold
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David SearsLong-Billed Shorebirdcarved and painted cedar, driftwood, sand dollar19 x 5 x 18.5"Sold
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David SearsOwlcarved and painted wooden lobster buoy20 x 7.5 x 4"Sold
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David SearsThree Ternscarved and painted cedar, driftwood15 x 9 x 4"Sold
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David SearsFive Ternscarved and painted cedar, driftwood14 x 8 x 4"Sold
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David SearsCormorantcarved and painted cedar19 x 35 x 7"Sold
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David SearsCormorantcarved and painted cedar17 x 3 x 9"Sold
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David SearsCormorantcarved and painted cedarSold
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David SearsHooded Mergansercarved and painted woodSold
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David SearsNorthern Bobwhite Quailcarved and painted cedar7 x 3.5 x 4.5"Sold
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David SearsOwl IIcarved and painted cedar15 x 6 x 4.5"Sold
About the artist
Shorebird (Immature Black Skimmer)
For seventy-plus years I have immersed myself in water - Pennsylvania creeks, New Hampshire lakes, Cape Cod beaches, the coast of Nova Scotia, the Delaware River and the Gulf of Maine. Exploring nature with the eyes of a child and the awareness of a student, parent, educator, photographer, filmmaker, woodworker, writer and painter, my pattern has been to gather knowledge from a small section of the natural world and share it through creative, site-specific activities. For the past two decades I have lived part of each year on Matinicus, a small Maine island on the outer edge of Penobscot Bay, where I make things and try to understand life on a mountaintop surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean.
My carved and painted birds reflect my interest in cultures around the world in which artisans produce objects demonstrating a valued and intense knowledge of the smallest details of their environment - specifically related to local waterfowl. Their birds combine function, sophisticated woodworking and designs with traditional environmental and cultural knowledge, resulting in birds imbued with beauty, mysticism and the pragmatic need to attract sources of food. I hope my work honors those traditions, expands the concept and encourages a greater appreciation of traditional skills, the fragility of all environments and the critical need to preserve unspoiled locales, cultures and living things.
My work has supported many environmental and educational groups including the Island Institute, OceansWide, the Tinicum Conservancy, Friends of the Upper Delaware River, the Georges River Land Trust, the Maine Seacoast Mission, Maine Audubon and the Maine Fishermen’s Association. A series of birds based on wooden lobster buoys supports Matinicus Island projects including the library, church and school.
My carved and painted birds reflect my interest in cultures around the world in which artisans produce objects demonstrating a valued and intense knowledge of the smallest details of their environment - specifically related to local waterfowl. Their birds combine function, sophisticated woodworking and designs with traditional environmental and cultural knowledge, resulting in birds imbued with beauty, mysticism and the pragmatic need to attract sources of food. I hope my work honors those traditions, expands the concept and encourages a greater appreciation of traditional skills, the fragility of all environments and the critical need to preserve unspoiled locales, cultures and living things.
My work has supported many environmental and educational groups including the Island Institute, OceansWide, the Tinicum Conservancy, Friends of the Upper Delaware River, the Georges River Land Trust, the Maine Seacoast Mission, Maine Audubon and the Maine Fishermen’s Association. A series of birds based on wooden lobster buoys supports Matinicus Island projects including the library, church and school.