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Cool! I imagine you and Leon have lots in common. I'm not soley into preditors, but would love to see your work displayed too. What little i've seen of your sketches/works looks well 'finished' and nicely proportioned (am I making sense?). Your coyote sketch looks like s snapshot.

Several years ago the Rocky Mtn Mule Deer Expos were held in Salt Lake city for several years, and the annual Elk Expo one year as well. I believe Leon's wife or manager was at all of them. Of course several artists were there as well, but its easy to remember the favorite ones.

Two more of Troy's prints; had to take 'em down off the wall for this pic due to the reflection in my office...

Very nice

Thanks TiLug, here is a little clearer image.


StubbleDuck here is another for you that perhaps you'll like a little more than a coyote.

Very nice work.

Veeeery nice, Big Sky!

I could get into those bear prints. And that is a gorgeous non-typical mulie buck.

Thank you!

What is your web address? Never mind. Found it.

Are copies of that buck for sale?

I have never had money for collecting stuff but have always enjoyed outdoor art. Lucky for me there is a museum of western art a few miles from home. If y'all ever find yourself passing through the Southern tier of NY, give a shout and I'll take you there. You can look through some of their collection on-line.

Rockwell Museum of Western Art

My favorite painting is probably the one of Mt. Whitney by Albert Bierstad. Of course, the thumbnails on-line do no justice to the paintings. They come alive when you see them in person.

StubbleDuck, yes as a matter of fact both the bear and the muley are available as prints.

Double bear print: $40.00
Non-typical Mule Deer $20.00
Plus $6.00 for shipping in the US.
Just PM me for shipping details if you are interested.
Thanks,
Troy

I was fortunate to get to examine and handle two original Rungius dry point's this week (grizzly and caribou) as well as an original Luke Frazier oil (antelope)... there's nothing quite like looking closely at the real McCoy!

Brad I've never seen a Rungius in person. I envy the opportunity you had.

My wife is an artist. I still remember the time, about 15 years ago, that we visited Finn Richards' gallery Santa Fe. We had a few glasses of wine (it was well after closing time) and I mentioned that I had always loved Rungius' work. To my surprise, he took us into his back room and showed me a half-dozen of Rungius' originals, including a moose and a mountain goat painting, both of which I dearly loved.

I could have probably financed the acquisition of one of those with a phone call, but did not realize it at the time. It's probably better that I did not, as I would not have bought as many firearms or as many hunts as I have since then. At this stage in my life, I value those memories more, but I am sure that my kids would wish that I had taken the plunge...

A retired friend of mine here in Montana has quite a few original paintings, mostly by Bob Kuhn and Dave Wade. He bought them years ago, and has so many that he has to rotate them on the walls of his house. He's getting old enough now that he's starting to think about selling them off (he's already started selling his hunting rifles off) but can't bear to think about parting with any. He doesn't need the money (though he's by no means rich) and the paintings have become part of his everyday life, now that he's pretty much given up hunting and traveling.

Finialy got my employers father in laws website.. Anyway here it is..

http://www.davebartholet.com/index.html

Anyone ever look at Al Agnew and his work? He lives fairly close to me and I know his father and younger brother. They are good people and I have several Agnew paintings. Here is a link to his site...

www.alagnew.com

What about another forum topic could be Art, trophies and photography?

http://www.hillbilly-photo.com

Shameless plug for my old hunting buddy Jim Flinchbaugh.

Back in the early 90's I was with my friend Tom Daly and we visited with his friend Dan Galbreath at his farm in Ohio. Now deceased, Dan had an amazing amount of original wildlife art including Rungius and a handful of the histories finest painters. I don't think there was a "print" in the house.

I remember Tom telling me about his first "one man show" back in the early 80's in NY city. Before the show even opened, Dan bought ALL the paintings!