Sporting Arts
The Auberge in the Brittany Forest
In France, I am forever seeking out the remaining bits and pieces of authenticity that…
Renaissance Robotic Art – A Mechanical Galleon and Clock
It’s likely my fascination with “automata,” or automatons, dates back to a New York City…
David Shepherd: And There Were Also Trains
Artist David Shepherd (1931–2017) once said that he was attracted to all things “jumbo,” from…
David Shepherd: Before Elephants, There Were Aircraft
David Shepherd’s is a well-rehearsed life in its telling. The same tales oft repeated and…
Barye Bronzes to Visit the NSL&M in Middleburg, Virginia
by Brooke Chilvers I wish I could say the larger-than-life lions in front of Manhattan’s…
Mayan Jaguar Kings – divided we fall…
With all I’ve learned in life, it seems I never knew that by the time…
William Secord and Dogs in Art
Finally, it’s happening. We are getting out of town in winter to go birdwatching in…
Abaco Colors, Abaco Light
So when my childhood pal, Myron, said his favorite place in Paradise was a three-mile-long…
Stubbs & Gilpin – This Time, on Dogs
Thank goodness so many 18th century portraits of beloved thoroughbreds and hunting dogs are adequately…
Sawrey Gilpin
It’s likely you have a greater inkling of British equine horse artist George Stubbs (1724–1806)…
John Swan
John Swan’s art often pays tribute to the world’s most beautiful fishing landscapes, from the…
Rediscovering Francis Lee Jaques: Part I
I knew nothing of museum artist, illustrator, and painter Francis Lee Jaques (1887–1969). It was…Gray's Sporting Properties
