About Glen

Glen has been carving decorative waterfowl for over 25 years.  He spends between 200 to 300 hours carving and painting each bird with intricate detail to achieve life-like accuracy.

As visual reference for his work, Glen uses photographs of each species in its natural habitat as well as taxidermy specimens. Through the relationship he has built with the ornithology department at Yale University, he borrows a specimen from the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale for each bird he carves.

You can view Glen's past work in the Gallery, or experience a visual transformation of block to finished bird in Demos.

A Glen Heller Original

Glen particularly enjoys working with clients who commission his work from start to finish so that they can not only choose the waterfowl, but select the way in which the head is positioned and the attitude of the bird.

Contact Glen if you would like to commission a bird of your own.

Visit the Gallery

View a sampling of Glen's carvings in the Gallery.

Carving Step-by-Step

View slideshow presentations of Glen's Redhead Drake carving from block to finished bird in demos