by John T. Ordeman | Feb 17, 2023
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...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Feb 14, 2023
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...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Feb 10, 2023
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 art and...
by Todd Wilkinson | Feb 10, 2023
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, these are...
by Joe Coogan | Feb 8, 2023
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...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Feb 7, 2023
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...
by Ken Kirkeby | Feb 3, 2023
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. Terror...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jan 31, 2023
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! ...
by Denver Bryan | Jan 30, 2023
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...
by Todd Wilkinson | Jan 27, 2023
“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 more...
