• Black Crappie – Painted Original 1992 The scrappy Crappie makes for quite a challenging paint job. It took a lot of trial and error to finally come up with a technique to correctly represent the spot pattern for a Crappie. Even thought I have it dialed in, these are still a challenge paint. This piece was carved from a piece Tupelo wood, with the side and pectoral fins were inserted later. The completed piece was painted with an airbrush using water acrylic paints. The overall length of the fish was approximately 10 inches in length. The base is a shaped piece of Black Walnut with a real piece of driftwood to hold the fish. The completed piece sold for $400.00.