
Bas Relief + Hand Carved Panels by Maine Woodcarver John Bryan
Bas-reliefs are a classic canvas for a woodcarver. Most of the prominent pieces in this collection came to be through a collaborative process with clients to create uncompromised results for their unique situations. Typically lifestyle passions and local environs dominate subjectively.
What would you choose to espouse in a bas-relief that would best reflect you and your legacy?

Meeting At The Museum
Commissioned for the National Sporting Library & Museum in Middleburg Virginia.
53" x 53" x 2"
Cherry 2013

The Basket Catch
Commissioned hearth panel
21" x 34" x 3"
Cherry. 2009

Texas Streamside
Commissioned hearth panel.
21" x 36" x 3"
Cherry. 2007

Riversouth
Commissioned plantation hearth panel.
49" x 43" x 2 1/4"
Cherry. 2008

The Hunter
Commissioned entryway carving.
36" x 34" x 1 1/2"
Cherry. 2003

Stripers In Linden
44” x 24” x 1 1/8”
European Linden (limewood)
2018

Permit Schooling #3
Commissioned pocket doors.
50" x 85" x 1 1/4"
Cherry. 2001

Down From The Mountain
Commissioned memorial panel
30" x 40" x 1 1/2"
Black walnut. 2008

King Ranch Quail
Commissioned wall piece.
40" x 23" x 3"
Cherry. 2002

Centinela
Bob-white Quail & Prickly Pear Cactus
20" x 14" x 3"
Cherry. 2006

Hung Up
Bob-white Quail & Mesquite wall piece.
20" x 14" x 3"
Cherry. 2003

Brookie With No-hackle
Brook trout wall piece. Edition of 5. (sold out)
15" x 15 1/2" x 2"
Cherry. 1990

Bud Purdy
Commissioned memorial piece.
20" x 11" x 2"
Swiss Pearwood. 2014

Double R Days
Commissioned by a couple Silver Creek floaters
34" x 28" x 1 1/2"
Cherry 2014

Where Land & Water Meet
Commissioned hearth panel
40" x 39" x 1 5/8"
Cherry. 2012

Where Land & Water Meet
Installation

Farming in Maine
Commissioned panel for Portland Public Market.
48" x 48" x 3"
Cherry. 1997

Tumblehome
Yacht bulkhead panel
24" x 24" x 2"
Black walnut. 1993

Fresh Herring
Commissioned hearth panel.
21" x 35" x 3"
Cherry. 2002

Fresh Herring in situ
Installed hearth panel in coastal Maine home

Flight Birds
American Woodcock & Sumac wall piece.
26" x 23" x 1 1/2"
Cherry. 2007

Fox Hunter's Still Life
Commissioned wall piece
28" x 21" x 1 1/4"
Black walnut. 2010

Heavyweights
Sparring bison & the Tetons
22" x 34" x 2"
Black walnut. 2003

Cohasset Table
glass covered coffee table
36" x 18" x 36"
Cherry 2015

Five Hummingbirds
Wall relief.
20" x 14" x 1 1/4"
Black walnut. 2014

Tuna On Rope
18" x 20" x 1 1/8"
Cherry 2018

Bait#1
24" x 12" x 1 1/8"
Cherry 2018

Bait #1 detail
Cherry 2018

Frenzy
35" x 35" x 1 1/4"
Cherry 2010

Squituna
35" x 35" x 1 1/4"
Cherry. 2010

Three Hummingbirds
13 1/2" x 13 1/2" x 1"
Black walnut 2017

Teal's Totem
14" x 20" x 1"
Basswood 2017

Tuna On Cleat
18" x 31" x 1 1/4"
White pine. 2018

Talisman
10" x 13" x 1 1/2"
Black walnut root. 2015