They entertained themselves with oil lamps, passing the long dark months carving miniature sculptures out of driftwood, ivory and antlers.
In his spare time he carved sculptures out of wood and came up with ideas for inventions.
The 45-year-old Bridgeport resident has been carving sculptures into pencil lead, without the aid of a magnifying glass, for 25 years.
Apart from painting, he carved sculptures in wood, small and affectionate, and stone.
At the age of 18, he moved to Madras and started drawing pictures and carving sculptures and selling them.
Paul's talent was soon discovered when he started to carve wooden sculptures.
Under Houston's influence he began to carve sculptures in soapstone, which had a reliable market in the south.
An artist with a strong distaste for industrial waste, cars and rubbish, Wilson took to carving sculptures in wooded areas.
As a child Cheucarama watched his father carved intricate zoomorphic sculptures.
Nodules of gypsum from this formation have been used as alabaster for carving sculptures.