Sporting Arts
An Exemplary Personal Collection of Barye Bronzes
Virginia thoroughbred breeder Patricia R. St. Clair has donated her museum-quality collection of 30 Barye…
Tucker Smith’s Painting, The Refuge, Has Taken to the Road
One of the most important paintings in the collection of the National Museum of Wildlife…
Bodo Meier, the Artist Who Takes Artists to Africa
I first met watercolorist Bodo Meier on a snowy night in the dead of winter,…
Stopping in Georgia to Meet Larry D. Wheeler
What a great excuse to exit I-95 on our trip back north – going to…
A New Masterpiece for Museum of the Dog
The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog, now returned to its original location in…
Museum Blues
When I was young in Paris and London, there was rarely a crowd at any…
Galen Mercer Looks Back on 2020
Yet the outdoorsman within artist Galen Mercer reminds us that when borders started closing, “Through…
J. N. “Ding” Darling, Jealousy, and the Mangrove Cuckoo
Years before becoming familiar with the Federal Duck Stamp Act, I gathered seashells along the…
A Break in the Clouds with Norman Rockwell
The last time I spent time with Norman Rockwell’s work was the year O.J. Simpson…
Contemplating Dürer’s Indian Rhinoceros
In what seems an impossible journey now, in 2017 we travelled down the Brahmaputra River…
Last Chance for the “Thrill of the ’Chace”
The National Sporting Library & Museum in Middleburg, Virginia, has extended its two-floor exhibition on…
An Important New Book on Frank Benson
I first heard about Benson-aficionado John R. Lewis at Pebble Hill Plantation in Thomasville, Georgia,…Gray's Sporting Properties
