When Frank Benson decided to hang a dozen or so intaglio prints, most of sporting subjects, in the 1915 exhibition of his paintings at the Guild of Boston Artists, he unwittingly put his career on a new path and founded a new artistic genre: the sporting print. One of...
After visiting the Sporting Classics booth, check out the new SEWE Sporting Showroom at Charleston Marriott! Explore carefully curated exhibitors in a setting that allows for meaningful conversation. Experience showroom exhibitors include sporting and adventure...
Sporting Classics will be in attendance at the 2023 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition. Come by and say, “Hello!” The 2023 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) is just around the corner. This Friday-Sunday (17th-19th) is the largest gathering of wildlife...
Peter Gray and Peter Stewart, two painters living in South Africa, inhabit different corners of the Cape region and chronologically are a generation apart. But each welcomes the direction that contemporary wildlife art is taking. In case you haven’t noticed,...
Aspiring elephant hunters dream of large tusks and an elephant hair bracelet on their right arm. Before the turn of the 20th century, natives living in remote regions of Africa begrudgingly shared their home ranges with elephants. They were often forced to defend...
Directly across the street from Brittlebank Park, visit the new Sporting Showroom at the re-imagined Charleston Marriott. Peruse the carefully curated exhibitors in a setting that allows for meaningful conversation. Showroom exhibitors include sporting and adventure...
Larry Norton’s subjects are not only anatomically proportionate but portrayed in body positions as they appear in the wild. One notes the malevolent cast of a lurking croc, the rubble of scattered bones, virtually hears the forlorn call of the turtle dove....
Go ahead and reserve your raffle tickets! SEWE has some excellent prizes in store — and Sporting Classics is spotlighting a few of them! ***Images link to corresponding page*** SEWE 2023 is kicking off! Get everything in order for your trip and see us there!...
Africa, the Dark Continent. Ask anyone what comes to mind when they think of Africa, and they will say its wild animals. And invariably its dangerous game. As a wildlife biologist turned wildlife photographer, megafauna and man-eaters are what first drew me to visit...
“If I have any legacy, I want it to be that of an artist who was passionately in love with Africa.” Ross Parker knows the color of truth in African wildlife art. As a native Zimbabwean raised in the dust of ruby red sunsets, he says no day in the bush is...
