Clear Visions and Moody Hues

Clear Visions and Moody Hues

“I’m not trying to record history or paint from an historical perspective. I don’t particularly care about the rib on an over-under. I’m capturing a mood.” If James B. Robinson wrote scores for movies, which he does as an offbeat hobby,...
Poetic Soul On Painted Sea

Poetic Soul On Painted Sea

John Doyle sees the ocean as one of the last frontiers where man can test his courage. John Doyle once showed me a photo from his boyhood in the mid-’40s. The picture was of him, standing next to a string of five largemouth bass that his father had caught on a...
Robert Abbett Adventures in Sporting Art

Robert Abbett Adventures in Sporting Art

If there is a moral to being a sporting artist, it is the necessary presence of a practical interaction between the artist and nature. There is no substitute for being there and getting some scratches on your pants, so to speak; soaking up the feel of the place and...