Black Crappie

An 8x10 Black Crappie

Largemouth Bass and Bluegill

The first Largemouth I've painted. 7 1/2x 12 inches, fish about 9 inches
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A Bluegill... are you seeing a theme for this summer. :-)
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Another Bluegill

Seems like I'm stuck on Bluegills right now. :-) That's fine I like how variable the coloring is on them.
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Bluegill

A quick bluegill watercolor while the garden is too wet to weed. Sold

Arctic Char finished

Finally finished it and have some photos to show. They are a bright fish in spawning colors.
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WIP Arctic Char carving 3

Nearly ready for paint.

WIP Arctic Char carving 2

I should have more done by now but that darn March Madness is slowing me down. :-)

Most of it's to shape and smoothed out except for the tail. Need to finish up the jaw and put detail in the head. The fins are cut out but not shaped at all yet. It's getting there. Next time I update it should be ready for paint.

WIP Arctic Char carving

I'm starting on an Arctic Char 1/2 carving. It's actually about 5/8th, the fins stand out nicer just a bit away from the board behind it.

It's being carved from basswood and about 15" long. It's very rough right now but hopefully I can get it to shape and fins on it this weekend. This was enough for tonight.

Bead Head Gartside Sparrow

5x7 Bead Head Gartside Sparrow. This is my little homage to Jack Gartside, the fly tyer/creator who recently passed away. This is the weighted version I normally tie.

Brook trout and fly

5 1/2 x 11 1/2 Brook trout looking over a small fly
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Carolina Parakeet

5x7 portrait of the extinct Carolina Parakeet.

Flying Buffy

5x7 Flying Bufflehead. I hadn't tried painting a duck yet so I started small.

Steelhead

8 x 10 Steelhead portrait

Coho Salmon

I saw a few pictures of male Cohos the other day and had to paint one. 12x16 paper

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I'm naming it "Ha cha cha cha!". For those who don't get the reference watch a little TCM. :-)

Crappie

This is a White Crappie that I painted for my niece for Christmas. Crappies may be my favorite fish.

Bluegill

It was nice to see a picture of one of my paintings nicely framed and displayed. Thank you for the picture Dane. Check out his blog at The Dusty Fly.

Dolly Varden

8''x12'' Dolly Varden

Brown Trout

An 8''x12'' spawning male brown trout watercolor.

ACEO Trout

Decided to try some Art Cards, 2 1/2'' x 3 1/2''. Rainbow trout head and Brookie fin. Almost went a little abstract by going with parts but I tried to still make them realistic.

Added a Brown Trout I did on Friday evening.

Goldie

Here is a quick 8"x10" goldfish I did for my sister.

Musky done

I think I'm going to call it done. Was going to do a background but I like how it looked without.
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Update on the Muskie. Getting close to done.

Been in a painting mood so I started another fish this evening. Eye, fin and some detail left to go.

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Added a little shading and signed it so I'd quit messing with it.
Arches 140lb watercolor paper 12''x16''
$65 shipped in USA

Work in Progress 2

Got it pretty well done now but still need to do some shading and touch ups. I'll give it a day or two to look at before I do that. Not really sure if I like painting life sized flies or not. Not as much fun as the big ones. I'm happy with the bass colors, didn't want it to get too dark.

Work in progress

Here is my progression on a Smallmouth Bass painting I started this evening. Got quite a ways but quit now that I'm getting a little tired. The room at the bottom is for some flies that I have sketched on there, you can kind of see some of the pencil marks. Not sure how it will work out but wanted to do something different.

Perch

Here is a commissioned piece I've just finished of a young boys first fish. Tried for a 1950's fish identification guide look. Some might think that this is a little old fashioned style of painting... so I'm old fashioned. hehehe

Bluegill

Here is a recent commission I did. It's nice to have a beautiful fish as the subject, makes things easier for me. :-)

Wet fly

Black and Orange Wet Fly---

Saw a picture of this fly and had to paint it in October.

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Hairy Mary Salmon Fly---
8''x12'' arches 140lb watercolor paper

Disco Midge---

8''x12'' 140lb arches watercolor paper

Pheasant Tail Nymph---

Been playing around and have a couple simple fly paintings. 8''x12'' 140 lb arches watercolor paper

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Rainbow Trout watercolor

Black Crappie 1/2 body carving

Walleye

Northern Pike Portrait

Donated to Harker Memorial Fund duckboats.net

Rainbow Carving... must have a little Cutthroat blood in it with those nice colors. 1/2 body

Donation to Connecticut Conservation Officers Association Spignesi Memorial Fund

Hello,
First post on a new Blog.

I will be posting the paintings and carvings I'm in proccess of working on and those that are finished.