Fly Fishing and Art
The connection
When and if you can, spend some time doing the things that feed your soul and when possible , do it with people who share the same passion. The simple gifts shared in these moments brush up against the edges of eternity.
This is a painting of mine used as an illustration for the 2019 Robert Traver Fly Fishing Fiction Award. Jimmy Watts won the award for his poignant story ” A Wet World That Burns.”
In January 2020 This painting Went to the Permanent Collection of the American Museum of Fly Fishing in Vermont
This was a commission for the Voelker Foundation. It is the official portrait of John Voelker for the State of Michigan, hanging in the State Capital. John Voelker was a District Supreme Court Judge. He was more famous for his many books, most centered around fly fishing and trout. The film adaptation of his book ” Anatomy of Murder” won a Academy award for best movie in 1959
A Portrait of John Voelker aka Robert Traver.
My painting “Changing Flies” on the cover of American Fly Fisher 2020 Spring
I believe so much in the healing power of streams, rivers and moving water. Especially those waters where trout live, this was a general theme in John Voelker’s writing. The American Museum of Fly Fishing is a place that connects all the who love the sport with the history and stories within it.