Earnest Patton is counted among the notable Campton School of carvers which includes Edgar Tolson. Considered a master carver, Patton's work has been displayed in many exhibitions and his work appears infrequently in folk art auctions of seminal collectors.

Among the shows in which his work has been included was "Generations of Kentucky" a traveling show which also included black and white photographs of the exhibiting folk artists in familiar environments by Guy Mendes. The show's itinerary spanned over a year's time and was displayed in five notable sites in Kentucky as well as the Ohio Craft Museum in Columbus, Ohio.
Patton's carvings, which resemble the Tolson's stylistically and technically, are from linwood as well as popla...