McEntire has a broad range of experiences in the arts. He has been coordinator and chair of various arts committees and projects, and has extensive experience as a scene painter and set designer, and has acted in several major and minor productions. His experiences with theater have perhaps carried over into his art in his frequent choice to involve the viewers of his art in more than just visual experiences, to have them be active participants in his 3-D sculptures and installations.

Certainly McEntire's interests in and involvement with various cultures and religions has had a very profound impact on his work as an artist. He is particularly interested in religious objects and instruments such as divining rods and seer stones. Time spent living with Northwest Indian tribes and as a Hare Krishna, introduced McEntire to the powerful cedar and root-knarled staffs used by the Northwest Indian shamen to divine and to whisper important knowledge, and to the Hare Krishna saffron-wrapped staffs that designate power and religious authority to those who carry them.

This interest in divine ways of seeing has led McEntire to create mythic assemblages of odds and ends that gain meaning through ties to our deepest religious enactments and symbols. His art works ask us to examine our beliefs and understanding, not as detectors of error, but rather as participants in exploration and growth.