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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,…

Sculptor Walter Matia Is Coming to Town – Middleburg, VA, That Is

But first we went to Walter’s town. Artist C.D. Clarke had been promising for ages…

An Exemplary Personal Collection of Barye Bronzes

Virginia thoroughbred breeder Patricia R. St. Clair has donated her museum-quality collection of 30 Barye…

An Important New Book on Frank Benson

I first heard about Benson-aficionado John R. Lewis at Pebble Hill Plantation in Thomasville, Georgia,…

Catching Up with Eldridge Hardie

I can’t believe a decade has flown by since I first wrote about Eldridge Hardie…

Sportsman’s Gallery Artists in Residence

Michael Paderewski has invited two “dog artists” as his Artists in Residence – Julie Jeppsen…

Catching Up with C.D. Clarke

As avid a sportsman as he is a painter, C.D. Clarke usually plans his seasons…

Catching Up with Adriano Manocchia

Brooke Chilvers, Sporting Art Columnist for Gray’s magazine, reached out to several of her favorite…

Adriano Manocchia

For Adriano Manocchia’s waterfowling and fly fishing still lifes, such as A Trip Up North…