Ronnie Zint, from Hillsboro ,TX, started his carving journey in the early 80’s. Being a woodworker and cabinet maker by trade, he was able to pickup carving pretty easily. But in 1990 the family home burned and he wasn’t able to start carving again until 2014. Once he started carving again, he quickly started moving from Amateur to Professional to Master and then winning the Best in World in 2018, with his miniature flying screech owl, at the Ward World Carving Championship in Ocean City, MD.
In these years of returning to carving, he has won the Best of Show multiple times and the Life-size Competition at the Louisiana Wildfowl Carvers & Collectors Guild Festival.
In 2023, he also won the Gold Medal for the Best Sculpture at the juried Bosque Art Classic in Clifton, TX, with his Miniature Flying Barn Owl. He won Best in Show at the Cajun Heritage Festival in LaRose, LA with his Mallard Hen.
Ronnie won the Gulf South Championship in 2023 with his flying Screech Owl, and it is now in the prestigious collection of its sponsor, Conoco Phillips.
Ronnie’s favorite saying is, “God’s Talent, My Labor”.