by Scott Bestul | Sep 3, 2025
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 Sporting Classics Daily | Jan 16, 2025
In the wonderful world of wildlife art, Julie Bender stands out for her dedicated pursuit of pyrography, a unique artform using heated tools to create sepia-toned, lifelike images. “Heat is my substance,” says Julie. “Hot metal tips are my tools, paper and wood are my...
by Bernie Taylor | Dec 10, 2024
How could watercolor not be the perfect medium for angling art? Gazing upon the work of outdoor artist Luther K. Hall, one may feel there is something special about the way he mixes water with his paint. It is the water of the river. “When I decide to do an angling...
by Tom Davis | Nov 22, 2024
Before there was an Eldridge Hardie, a Tom Quinn or a Bob Abbett; before there was a William Harnden Foster or a Percival Rosseau; even before there was an Edmund Osthaus or a Gustav Muss-Arnolt, there was John Martin Tracy. And J.M. Tracy, to use the name he signed...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jan 19, 2024
“Life is like a painting. It starts with a dream and a blank canvas and it’s anybody’s guess how it will turn out. Then brushstroke by brushstroke with time and care, something beautiful starts to take shape and you have then created a masterpiece.” Jim Killen The...
by Patricia Condon Johnston | Oct 13, 2023
The type of paintings I most enjoy are the ones where I look and think, ‘How did he get away with that and still make it work’? [Years ago,] on a Saturday morning in August, my husband Charlie woke me up to show me an ad in Sporting Classics. Dan Metz was...
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 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 Michael Mordell | Aug 17, 2023
He not only left a lasting legacy of art and conservation for future generations, Frank Stick left the world better than he found it. The Golden Age of illustration, which spanned the first half of the 20th century, produced some of our finest sporting artists,...
