Commissioned Carvings
by Arne Bortnem

Fire place mantel carving ready for finishing
Mantel carving in ponderosa pine, natural finish, framed in stained pine fireplace surround

Caricature Portraits (Click to enlarge)
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Old Time Fiddler #1 U.S. Marshall Prof Nelson Schriner
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Grandpa Strand "NEXT" "Well...Quite Frankly..." Portrait of a Son--Unfinished

Pipe Shades for J. F. Nordlie Co.
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Opus XXII, 1990
First United Methodist Church
Sioux Falls, SD
One of three Pipe Shades for
Kernersville Moravian Church
Kernersville, NC
Opus XVI, 1999
First Presbyterian Church
Christ Chapel
Greenville, TN

ME EAT--ME DRINK--ME SLEEP--ME STRONG--
NOW ME WORK
Scott family ancesters;
Raising a Sawmill in Jefferson Co. PA, 1797

77th Bomb Squad Eagle
Located at Elsworth Airforce Base
Elsworth, SD

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