THE CROCODILE/le crocodile
​H 3.5" x L 20"​
Made from driftwood,​ bark, acorns, and spruce cones.  The claws and teeth are bone and the tail is deer antler.  The eyes are golden quartz stones.
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Le corps, la tête et le bras levé sont un morceau de bois de grève.  Les pattes sont des racines et l’extrémité de la queue est bois de cerf.  Les griffes et les dents sont des fragments d’os et la texture de la peau et les écailles sont faites d’écorce et de cônes de pin.  Les yeux sont des pierres de quartz jaunes.

THE WYVERN DRAGON / le dragon de wyvern
H 8.5" x L 15"   ​​(2017)
Made from driftwood, bone, abalone shell, pine and spruce cones, samaras, acorns, and the eyes are white quartz stones.  The base is a beaver cut stump.
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Fabriqué à l’aide de bois de grève pour le corps et les ailes.  Les écailles de cocottes de pin ont été utilisées comme écailles de dragon sur le tête et la queue. Un gland est utilisé pour le museau.  Les oreilles sont des samares et les pattes sont des noyaux de cocottes d’épinette avec des racines.  Les os ont été utilisés comme pointes sur le dos du dragon, et la coquille d’ormeau a été utilisé pour les pointes de queue et les cornes.  Les dents sont des fragments d’os et les yeux sont des pierres de quartz blanc.  ​
THE JOKER / le fou du roi
​H 13"     (2017)
Made from driftwood, pine cone scales, and the head is a butternut tree seed.  The eyes are golden quartz stones.
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Fabriqué à partir de bois de grève, de cocottes de pin, et la tête est une graine de noyer cendré. Les yeux sont des pierres de quartz dorées.
THE MORAY EEL / la murène

H 13" x L 20"   ​​(2024)
Made from driftwood, stones, clam/snail shells, honey locust pods, and feathers. The driftwood used for the "coral" and the "sea grass" honey locust pods are painted.
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Fabriqué à partir de bois de grève, de pierres, de coquilles de palourdes et d'escargots, de gousses de févier et de plumes. Le bois de grève utilisé pour le corail et les gousses de févier d'herbes marines sont peintes.

THE GIRAFFE
H 10" x L 9"   ​​(2017)
Made from driftwood, cotton, pistachio shells, and the eyes are anthracite stones.
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Fabriqué à partir de bois de grève, de coton, de coquilles de pistaches et les yeux sont en pierres anthracite.

THE TREE KING
H 23" x L 10"   ​(2018)
The head is a burl, the body parts are driftwood, pistachio shells, coconut husk and bark fibers.  The crown is birch bark and twigs, and the staff is topped with a smoky quartz stone.
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La tête est en loupe de bois, les parties du corps sont en bois de grève, coquilles de pistaches, coques de noix de coco et fibres d'écorce. La couronne est en écorce de bouleau avec des brindilles et le bâton est surmonté d'une pierre de quartz fumé.
THE TORTOISE
H 8.5" x L 11"   ​​(2019)
The body is a burl and the legs are spruce tree cones with pistachio shell claws.  The head is driftwood and the eyes are anthracite stones.
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Le corps est en loupe de bois de grève et les pattes sont des cônes d'épicéa avec des griffes en coquille de pistache. La tête est en bois de grève et les yeux sont en pierres anthracite.

THE ASIAN DRAGON
H 8" x L 18"​  ​​(2017)
Made from driftwood, milkweed, teasel, pine and spruce cones, bone, walnut and acorn shells, and the eyes are moonstone feldspar stones.

THE SHARK
H 15" x L 26"   ​​(2019)
​Made from driftwood, fish teeth and bones, the eyes are white quartz stones.
THE WALRUS
H 9" x L 14"   ​​(2019)
​Made from driftwood with abalone shell tusks.  The snout is walnut shell with pine needle whiskers, and the eyes are black onyx stones.

THE RATTLESNAKE
H 8" x W 18"   ​(2018)
Made from driftwood.  The rattler is peanut shells, and the head is walnut shells with bone teeth.  The eyes are black onyx stones.

THE WARTHOG
H 11" x L 19"   ​​(2017)
Made from driftwood, pine needles, cotton, and bone for the tusks, teeth, and hooves.  The eyes are black onyx stones.

THE GREY OCTOPUS
H 8" x L 15"​   ​​(2017)
Made from a driftwood tree stump with a coconut shell head.  The webbing is birch bark and the eyes and siphons are acorns.

THE FLYING DRAGON
H 28" x L 33"​   ​​(2018)
Made from driftwood, birch bark, soy beans, walnut and pistachio shells, pine cones, and bone.  The eyes are golden quartz stones.

THE ALLIGATOR
H 7" x L 22"   ​​(2019)
Made from driftwood, bone, bark, spruce cones, and the eyes are serpentine jade stones.
THE DANCING MINSTREL
H 24" x W 13" (2018)
Made from driftwood and pine cone scales.  The head is a small branch burl.
THE DRAGON HEAD
​H 21" x L 23" ​(2019)
Made from driftwood, bark and bone.  The front teeth are made from lobster and crab claws, and the eyes are serpentine jade stones.
​If you wish to purchase a sculpture from my gallery, please contact me anytime by phone, text, or email.  

Every sculpture purchased from The Creature Tree Gallery comes with a certificate of authenticity, and a decorative display card with a brief description of the piece.  In addition to this, every sculpture by J.P. Clough will be branded with my trademark "JPC" logo.

A few thoughts concerning my process if you're interested, or if you're inclined to try this particular art form yourself.

The materials

Nature provides everything, and everything has potential. Just venture out to the beach or the forest, keep your eyes on the ground and grab anything interesting. Make sure it's not decaying and don't forget to enjoy the scenery while you're out. Any plant or life form that has passed on from this life, and has left something behind, can be re-used, and re-born into art.  However, it's not that simple.  It takes help from family and friends to search and gather in the wild, as often as possible.  For some items, there's never enough. I could not be as prolific as I am without their help and support, and I'm not really that prolific.  It takes an abundance of materials so you have choices, to use the right piece for the right purpose.  If you don't have choices, the end result will be less than it should be.  This isn't just gluing sticks together like macaroni art, every piece of the puzzle has it's own unique story.

​The method

It has to present itself in the wood...
Knowledge plus imagination equals creation.  40 plus years of studying the animal kingdom, mythology, fantasy, etc. has given me the ability to visualize life and movement in something like a piece of driftwood.  It can be difficult however, at times, when you know you have a beautiful piece of driftwood, that looks like...something...and it can take months, or even years to see what it is.  It has to present itself in the wood, it can't be forced to look like something it isn't. Too much compromise will affect the overall quality.  Carving is also avoided unless absolutely necessary  and only in small amounts.  The only synthetic materials used, aside from paint and glue, are glass which I have used only once for realistic owl eyes . Paint or stain is avoided but necessary at times for color matching when you have the piece you want to add, but the color is too different.  There is a delicate balance between too much or too little detail, this is carefully calculated for each piece.  I have my own set of rules, governed by what I would want to see if someone else was doing this, which as far as I have seen, there aren't many.