When The Masterpiece Collection debuted, it revolutionized the Art World's view of painting on wood.

For the first time, art lovers had a new form through which to enjoy detailed paintings of landscapes and fairytale scenes, once found only on highly valuable collectible art boxes and quality paper or canvas paintings.

With its exquisite hand-made and hand-painted limited edition figures, the Masterpiece Collection remains the foundation for everything G.DeBrekht Artistic Studios offers.

Buyers appreciate the majesty and complexity of these stunning pieces, which range in height from 6 to 20 inches and prices ranging from $100 to $3000 US. Artwork that wraps completely around the sculpture adds to the uniqueness of each design.

Creation begins with the drying process also known as "aging", taking as long as 2 to 4 years. More then 60% of the fine linden wood, famous for its soft color and texture, discarded due to splitting, molding or other deterioration occurring to natural wood over a period of time. We do not use machinery, allowing for the material to "age" naturally in the open air. This process helps us to select the wood most resistant to changes occurred over the years.

After completing the process of selecting the wood it is time for the carver to do his magic, transforming simple pieces of timber into a beautiful Angel, Santa or Bear.

Our artist wood-carvers possess the highest level of skill and their own vision of the fine wood-sculpture, and specialize only in the wood carving process of the creation. This allows them to perfect their unmatched level of skills, using the tools and secrets of previous generations.

Now it is time for the artist-painter to share his vision and talent, and make that meticulously carved form come to life.

Many do not realize that every tree, even coming from the same "family", will display many color variations, depending on the conditions, surrounding tree, during its maturity process. Talented artists carefully hand-paint the artwork, adjusting color intensity for individual pieces, depending on how dark or lights the wood is in each area. Meticulously applied layer upon layer of transparent watercolors will depict the beautiful moments of our lives: scenes of children, angels, forest life, Santa's and other subjects.

If you hold one of these beautiful creations in your hands and look closely, you will discover tremendous amount of details: undertones of colors on the Angel's dress or Santa's robe, the delicate feathers of Angel's wings and the calm expression of their faces. You will also notice several layers, under layers, hints of colors and finishes, applied skillfully one over the other. Artist will allow sufficient time for the layers to dry in between the application, making this process very time consuming.

No two pieces are alike since all details are sculpted and hand-painted by individual artists. You can fully appreciate your piece only by studying it through the magnifying glass. Enjoy intricate painting details, marvel at many layers of skillfully applied watercolors. Realize that the painting is so delicate that applying layer upon layer to deepen the color, demands precision achieved by combining not only many years of training, but also a rare talent.

While marveling at the details, note that the sheerness of paint, style allows you to see the beauty of the natural wooden grain.

And finally, blend of waxes applied over the color, to shield painting.

Many techniques used in the painting and decorating process of Masterpiece Collection designs, date back centuries. Combining "old ways" with new ideas results in exceptionally beautiful additions to your collection.

Now, after learning how time consuming and meticulous the process of creating this family heirloom's, we hope that you will enjoy your creation by G.DeBrekht Artistic Studios for many years to come