Curtis Bennett will display ”tree spirits” at the annual Fall Arts and Crafts Festival on Sunday in South Park. Bennett and his wife, Jill Loven-Bennett, who died Oct. 7, 2008, created the pieces and he continues to sell them in memory of his wife of 30 years.

Pull into Lawrence resident Curtis Bennett’s driveway and you’re glared at by several pairs of eyes from what he calls “tree spirits” hanging from the outside his garage. Inside the garage there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, more.

The tree spirits are made by attaching eyes to varying sizes of discarded pieces of wood. Some look like people; others like creepy ghosts. And some, like the tree spirit hanging from the garage that bears a striking resemblance to a Jayhawk, resemble animals.

Bennett — and about 100 other artists — will be showing their work at Sunday’s annual Fall Arts and Crafts Festival in South Park, 1141 Mass.

Bennett will be showing his spirits at the show in memory of his wife, Judith, who went by the name Jill. She died in October from cancer.

Jill began creating the tree spirits about three years ago when she accompanied her husband to a lumberyard. Bennett said that his wife was fascinated by the interesting looking pieces of wood, called skips, that were sliced off when the lumber is cut. She began attaching eyes to the pieces, sparking her hobby of making tree spirits.

The hobby became something the retired couple did together. They planned to eventually show the tree spirits at crafts shows, but never got the chance before Jill died.

“It was one of those ‘one day we’re going to do’ things,” said Bennett.

Bennett said the money he might make selling the tree spirits is secondary. The tree spirits are reasonably priced — ranging from $2 to $8.

“They’re cute, they’re little. Kids love them,” he said.

But he’s reserving the tree spirit that looks like a Jayhawk for some special customers.

“That’s one I’d give to Roy Williams,” he said. “Or Bill (Self).”