by Martha Hill | Mar 10, 2022
The continent of Africa has been viewed with a mixture of fear and greed for the past 500 years… “The wild creatures I had come to Africa to see are exhilarating in their multitudes and colors, and I imagined far a time that this glimpse of the earth’s morning might...
by Susan Ebert | Mar 10, 2022
For Suzie Seerry-Lester, painting has always been her release; her refuge. The process of painting is what fuels her, not the finished piece. Ever-so-gently, I graze my left index finger across the roseate spoonbill’s extended primary feather, as translucent as...
by Wayne McLoughlin | Mar 2, 2022
My life outdoors began as an escape, a way to get away from people, yet now I’m involved in the outdoors because of people — the people I’ve met there. Over the years, the most common question I’ve been asked about my painting is “How did your art evolve into such...
by Mike Gaddis | Feb 23, 2022
Fine and decorative sporting art can gather up your soul, bringing happiness to you or whoever else might come to own and cherish it. Life is life, and even in the theater of our greatest passion the difference between a laugh and a tear is as capricious as the...
by Dave Carty | Feb 21, 2022
In a market increasingly dominated by loose, painterly works that imply rather than show, Daniel Smith is an unreconstructed realist. “Let me show you some real cool sheep,” Daniel Smith says. He rifles through a stack of slides, pushes one of them across the light...
by Jameson Parker | Jan 28, 2022
Drive north from Jackson on Highway 89, into the heart of the National Elk Refuge. If you’re alert, if you know it’s there and you’re looking for it, you might see the museum. On the other hand, you might not, and that’s intentional. When my father was stationed in...
by Patricia Condon Johnston | Jan 24, 2022
William R. Leigh ranks with Russell and Remington as one of the great eyewitness artists of the Old West. But his finest works may be of wildlife and sporting subjects. William Robinson Leigh was nearly 40 years old when he traveled to the Southwest in 1906. Disgusted...
by Rick Lavender | Jan 16, 2022
“I don’t want to bunt every time. I’m going to swing for the fence.” Jay Kemp is explaining how his most successful painting came to life. He wanted to paint a big bull elk, he says, running a hand through his hair, green eyes looking beyond the glass doors of his...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Dec 14, 2021
SEWE 2022 Celebrates 40 Years 40th Annual Southeastern Wildlife Exposition February 18-20, 2022 | VIP events begin February 17 Downtown Charleston, S.C. SEWE Celebrates 40 years this February: The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) has proudly presented the...
by Jim Casada | Dec 6, 2021
In today’s world, obtaining the family Christmas tree involves nothing more than a stop at a store, viewing trees stacked side-by-side in a vacant lot, or retrieving an artificial tree from the attic. Real “adventure” in obtaining the family tree involves going to a...
