by Sporting Classics Daily | Oct 9, 2023
Nine wildlife artists talk about their favorite media — including tools of the trade — that have helped them earn nationwide acclaim. Watercolor by Morten E. Solberg Of all the painting media, watercolor has been around the longest. The first crude paintings on cave...
by Scott Bestul | Oct 6, 2023
In Marc Hanson’s personal hierarchy it will always be fine painting, not subject matter, that takes precedence. There’s a painting in Marc Hanson’s studio that fans of his art will probably never see. It’s a simple piece, really — a winter...
by Malcolm Clark | Oct 4, 2023
Collecting fish decoys has never approached the popularity of some other folk art…but it’s started showing up at shows. The big pike was hungry. The very cold temperature had slowed his metabolism, but it had been many days since his last meal. Slowly he...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Sep 28, 2023
Sporting Classics has teamed up with ten of America’s most renowned wildlife artists to offer these magnificent, limited-edition giclée prints. The giclée (pronounced gee-clay) process incorporates breakthrough technology to create a one-of-a-kind art print from a...
by Peter Bergh | Sep 22, 2023
“Sporting art” is exactly that: art with a sporting theme. “Most sporting art isn’t good art….” This statement, strangely enough, was made by Ogden Pleissner, a man widely known for his “sporting art,” beautiful renderings of...
by Mike Beno | Sep 22, 2023
“My goal is to keep drawing in as much money as possible for conservation…It’s good for wildlife, and a good challenge to try and set new records.” On a snowy Saturday morning deep in the winter of 1969, my father asked me a favor. Would I help...
by Jack VanHoesen | Sep 22, 2023
The artistic images that come from these artists’ experiences become a visual bond between all of us who love nature. An artist in his or her lifetime may create hundreds of images, pouring hours of creativity and years of experience into each piece of work. Yet...
by Patricia Condon Johnston | Sep 21, 2023
In the end, the best sporting artists are skilled translators of ideas. Years ago, my husband Charlie and I were rummaging through a barn full of “antiques” in southern Ontario when he pulled a framed upland shooting print out of a corner. “How...
by John Culler | Sep 7, 2023
Some collector prints have greatly increased in value in the last few years, but are prints really good investments? There was something wrong with Ralph McDonald’s mockingbird print, and he couldn’t decide what it was. The year was 1972, and the Tennessee...
by Gary Dickey | Aug 31, 2023
By definition and design, the calendar marks the passage of time and to an extent sets the tempo for our activities. But the calendar holds particular interest for the outdoor sportsman, the hunter and the collector of sporting art. The calendars of the late 19th and...
