by Rick Lavender | Jan 16, 2022
“I don’t want to bunt every time. I’m going to swing for the fence.” Jay Kemp is explaining how his most successful painting came to life. He wanted to paint a big bull elk, he says, running a hand through his hair, green eyes looking beyond...
by Todd Wilkinson | Nov 10, 2021
Tour featuring major retrospective of Wyoming’s Tucker Smith ends January 2, 2022. One enduring memory I have is of a silhouetted figure, the outline of a cowboy hat, the rangy gesture of a man, hand extended, holding what appeared to be a magic wand, reaching...
by Bob Abbett | May 11, 2021
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...
by Todd Wilkinson | Jan 4, 2021
“Brian Jarvi’s work excites me because he’s young and he commands the same qualities as you see in works by the old masters.” As outdoors people, let us be blunt: It is a troubling, tough and harrowing time to be alive on Planet Earth, but...
by Sporting Classics Daily | Jul 16, 2020
Duck Stamp and wildlife artist, Maynard Reece, died July 11, though his legend will live on through the artwork he created over the past century. Maynard Fred Reece was born to Waldo and Inez Reece on April 26,1920 in Arnolds Park, Iowa. After graduating from Earlham...
