Artist: Feathered Friends
Adding a touch of the Coast, but with his own personal flair, is Midwest artisan John Freise. He is a native of St. Louis, Missouri who migrated to the beautiful hills of southern Missouri, where he lives with his wife, Susan and family of rescued pets.
John primarily uses white cedar in combination with oil paints to capture a primitive, aged feel and look. His work includes a special edition called the "Old Missouri Series." This involves the use of reclaimed wood retrieved from circa 1800 - 1900 log homes and barns throughout rural Missouri.
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 | Artist: Hardwood Creations
David Levy's Hardwood Creations makes quality hardwood products such as kitchenware, desk accessories and game boards.
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 | Artist: Treestump Woodcrafts
Treestump founders and operators, Ron and Christine Sisco have been professional woodcraft artists for more than twelve years. Ron and she have mastered woodworking techniques unique to their products as well as developing the method for inlaying the stone in the natural checks and cracks of the wood that not only makes the stone harder than it was before, but also will not dislodge it over time and use.
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Artist: Wildfowl Art
Don Brown was raised in St. Joseph, Mo., where he helped his father make and paint decoys to hunt with at an early age. Don began to make his own style of wood decoys in the mid-1950s. His first sale of mantle-quality decoys - a pair of mallards - was to a collector in 1957.
His decoys have been presented as awards and gifts to many individuals, including President George H.W. Bush when visiting the Springfield area. He has received national and state awards for his donations of decoys to fundraisers for Ducks Unlimited.
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