Post #226272 by J.S.G. on Tue, Apr 11, 2006 10:25 PM

Art history is so much fun...
The McVay Family Carving...

Not only did Mike carve, but the whole family, his sisters Judy and Eileen and brother, Pat, they had a family business at one time shipping carved furniture and decorative items around the world. At it's height they had 13 employees. Pat, who I spoke with today, (we live on the same island) the younger brother of Mike remembers...Mike complaining about Witco stealing his designs! Both companies were in Washington.. Is it possible they were influencing each other, a whole art movement...like the impressionist painters, renoir, monet, manet...later gaugin, and van gogh, who caught the tail end of that movement and went in his own divine direction.

The interesting thing, today is Mike lives here on Whidbey Island, Washington and William, 45 minutes away.

Here is a bed carved and painted by Judy McVay
![](http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6da30b3127cce8806e62e58b200000016100EctG7du3YsY[

Carvings by Pat McVay
[img]http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6da30b3127cce8806e751996500000016100EctG7du3YsY)

Totems left to right, Mike, Pat, Rob Chalk of Australia

The Evolution of the Electric Guitar by Pat, for the Hard Rock Cafe in Whistler BC.

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