Scenes from the Wild North

Scenes from the Wild North

Why do hunters seldom put antlers of average score on the wall? An absurd question, certainly, for readers of this great magazine. And yet while the reasons seem obvious, let’s apply the same rationale to works of fine art we collect. Why settle for paintings and...
The Return of the Lion Heart

The Return of the Lion Heart

“Brian Jarvi’s work excites me because he’s young and he commands the same qualities as you see in works by the old masters.” As outdoors people, let us be blunt: It is a troubling, tough and harrowing time to be alive on Planet Earth, but...
Honoring The 150th Birthday Of Carl Rungius

Honoring The 150th Birthday Of Carl Rungius

Carl Moritz Clemens Rungius is widely regarded as the greatest painter of North American big game animals. He witnessed firsthand the decline of large mammals on the continent when there was an unregulated open season that put some species on the brink of extinction....