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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…

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…

Niagara Falls to the Andes, With Frederic Church

American songwriter Marc Cohn, of “Walking in Memphis” fame, is likely the only singer/songwriter ever…

John Wootton

Few circumstances are more frustrating than reading about an interesting, even historically important, painting and…

Spring Means Asparagus

As a child in the 1950s, I did not grow up with fresh asparagus. Or fresh…

In Praise of the Sardine

When my darling niece and her sweetheart’s family begged us to take them on safari,…

What Is Sporting Art?

In 2021, the former Friends of British Sporting Art, of which I was a member,…

My Love Affair with Huîtres

Helen LaRose found me on Facebook, more than 40 years after we were teenagers on…

Returning Home to Wardle

What joy when I saw my two favorite paintings on this side of the pond,…