When Gabriel Trinidad’s tree died at his  Northwest Austin home he hired Doug Moreland to turn it in to a work of art…and a symbol of his love for UT fotball.

While up to 50 people at a time looked on Doug carved the tree, and it’s two perfectly situated “finger branches” in to the sculpture over the course of three days.

You can see some of Doug’s other creations at his website here http://www.dougmoreland.com/   He’s also a talented musician.  If he were also a street busker he would have all his bases covered to avoid a day job.  Congratulations Doug!  We hate day jobs.

And if you want to do a drive by homeowner Gabriel says he doesn’t mind (but we expect he’ll be calling us soon to retract that, so you might want to go soon or at least write down the address:

11605 Oak Knoll Drive,  Austin, Texas  78759

Watch the report on KVUE