"One of My Favorites"

Out of 100 Sporting Life paintings, one gets special mention by author John Gierach. But which one?

 

 

 

From "100th Sporting Life: Works of Art" in the July/October 2008 issue.

Author John Gierach, one of fly-fishing's best known and most widely read writers, and artist Bob White celebrate 100 Sporting Life columns together in the pages of Fly Rod & Reel. That's 16 years of working together. John and Bob know each other well. In his article on their work together, John writes:

"In one of my favorites you don't even notice the fisherman at first. The painting is of a Midwestern lake after a rain. You're looking down a muddy dirt two-track that runs across a meadow, past an unpainted outbuilding and through a sparse stand of trees toward the lake. There are fresh puddles in the meadow and the huge stormy sky is beginning to clear and lighten, with just enough sunlight filtering through to throw a few soft shadows. It must be April because the trees aren't completely leaded out yet and all the colors are spring pastels. Finally, through the break in the trees where the composition leads your gaze, you notice a single fisherman standing on the shore of the lake about half way to the distant horizon."



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