GYPSY SOUL brightens up a dreary winter landscape.Photographs courtesy of Scotty Pugh

GYPSY SOUL brightens up a dreary winter landscape.

Scotty Pugh of Sardis, Tennessee, grew up riding dirt bikes and later indulged his passion for motorcycles as he collected vintage Harley-Davidsons. But a ride gone wrong landed him a hospital trauma ward for a week and he was forced to consider something else to focus his interest upon. “Wooden boats,” he thought, “will keep me entertained.”
Scotty's shop was an old rural grocery store that was part of his childhood. He couldn't stand to see it go down, so he rebuilt it into a shop. The photographs on the wall are a mix of motorcycles and wooden boats.

Scotty's shop was an old rural grocery store that was part of his childhood. He couldn't stand to see it torn down, so he bought it and rebuilt it as his boat shop. The photographs on the wall are a mix of motorcycles and wooden boats.

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