Any wildlife/fishing art collectors out there?

Who are your favorite artists and why? Best fishing related or hunting related as well. Do you prefer the classics like Les Kouba or other modern day realistic painters?…Or is there anyone out there I’m missing that is just doing some super cool stuff out of the ordinary? Reason I’m asking is I’m actually looking for a little feedback on what one looks for regarding something to hang on the wall. I’m in the process of doing a series of screen prints from my original artwork. Basically it’s a series of 10 different species of fish to begin with, limited to 50 to 75 prints of each fish. Don’t want to reveal too much right away, but they have more of a rock poster/ bold graphics feel to them if that makes any sense. Not at all like what you’d typically see for normal fishing related artwork. I don’t want to release them till the entire series is done and printed…But perhaps I’ll throw an example or two up on here tomorrow.

Mark Susinno. He is a fantastic realist painter, his talent for painting fish, the underwater scenery, and the way light reacts underwater is amazing.

Larry Tople, he did all the art work for InFisherman for years maybe still does.

Scott Zoellick. I love the detail he puts into the background as well as the main subject of his paintings.

Rosemary Millet. Her “Broken Silence” series of 4 prints is outstanding. I have one of them. I have another print of her’s in addition to the series print.

I like Daniel Brevick’s duck stamp work. He has won a number of competitions in various states. They are simplistic enough and have the right composition to reduce to down to stamp specs and still look great. Duck stamps may be what he is known for but my favorite is a (picture) painting series of fish spearing decoys.

Love anything by Jim Hautman his brothers ain’t bad either…

I gotta stick with Les Kouba. He painted it the way I remember it, but I’m a hard headed old prick

#1 Mark Susinno
#2 Larry Tople
#3 Jon Q Write
#4 Larry Dougherty

Have to second Larry Topple. I have his Sun Dance print in my office. It is a northern with a small fish in it’s mouth and it is so realistic it’s like sticking your head under the water and looking around.

I collect English and French sporting art prints form the 18th and 19th centuries. Does that count?

My favorite is a 1750s print by Aitken, entitled “Sledgeing for Wildfowl”. It shows a man in white “camo” moving a sled with a punt gun across the ice of a moolit frozen pond. He’s using two little daggers as ice picks to move the sled.

Hunting was hard back in the day.

Grouse

Excellent post Jeremy… Really cool using google image search on each of the responses and seeing some very cool new wildlife pics I hadn’t seen before.

On a side note it’s also interesting to see who each person’s own preferences come through by looking at the art of their favorite artist… Which is probably why I still love Les Kouba since he was one of the few with cool ice fishing prints. Also for a specific print I love Ken Zylla’s Shanty Town.

No names come to mind for me but I like more realistic looking but whatever catches my eye has been bought before too. I would love to see some examples.

Reflections, By Robert Hautman hangs on my office wall

For you Kouba lovers, do you know in his duck art that the number of ducks in each group is the same??? I don’t have the time to look up anything on line right now to count. I don’t remember what the number is, but its pretty cool…

Mark

He always puts 13…. whether it’s pheasants, ducks etc… from what I remember anyways.

Wow! Looked up a few of those I wasn’t familiar with..Some amazing work. So here’s a sneak peek at the first two in the series. These are just digital representations and not actual screen prints. There are eight other species for the first round. Like I said not typical wildlife stuff, although it’s become a fun project.

Man those grab me right away. Although I appreciate the artwork that portrays nature in all its glory, it kind of puts me to sleep. Those prints there I would love to hang up in the house!! Exciting, cool, different, and what I enjoy most and makes me want to go back to the water everytime, just plain fun. Make sure to let us know when available.

I enjoy the work from Robert Bateman.

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I gotta stick with Les Kouba. He painted it the way I remember it, but I’m a hard headed old prick

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I agree! I knew Les and learned how and why he decided to paint what he did. All of his work came from an experience he had/place he actually was at etc. There was a true story behind each and every one.

In think every painting he did had 13 of something in it–be it leaves, ducks, evergreens or ?? That “trademark” came early on when somebody asked him about why there was 13 of something (I think blubills) in one of his early paintings. It was by whim that first time but became one of his many trademarks from that first work on.

He was more than a great pioneer of wildlife art, he was a great conservationist/activist…

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He always puts 13…. whether it’s pheasants, ducks etc… from what I remember anyways.

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I have several Kouba Prost and they all have 13 ducks/geese. Except one print….it only has 3??

My favorite series of his is Darkhouse Spearing. Just like reality through he eyes of a spear fisherman.

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Timmy–something in the Kouba print adds up to 13. I would bet on it…

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Timmy–something in the Kouba print adds up to 13. I would bet on it…

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Tell me what, I can’t find it!

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My favorite series of his is Darkhouse Spearing. Just like reality through he eyes of a spear fisherman.

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Me too.