Neat Fishing Print!

[Matt Breuer]

I found this cool print featuring the record walleye from Nipawin. It was caught on a Phelps Floater and a leech. http://www.nipawin.com/walleye.php

[DTro]

I don't want to start a fight or hurt anyone's feelings, but..... I think those are horrible looking prints. The fish don't look lifelike at all.

Just my opinion.

Sorry it's early .... I should just keep my mouth shut.

[Dan Thiem]

I'm no artist nor am I any kind of critic. But do those fish in them prints look like they have trout or salmon mouths?

[sami0115]

i was thinking the same thing. kind of that "hooked snout" thing going.

[Northlander]

I was looking at them asking myself the same questions. That walleye looks like a steelhead body painted like a walleye. Too short and stocky for that record walleye. The Northern doesnt really look well praportioned either. This guy is a Nationaly known artist but maybe doesnt know his fish too well.

[LEECH21]

Just wondering if any of you fishingmn members have any hook ups with someone thats into wildlife painting for a living. I have five total finished oil paintings on my wall right now with another being half done. I've been into painting my whole life and I love fishing, so they go hand in hand. The ones I have finished are; a walleye, lm bass, pike, sm bass, and blk crappies. The bluegill one is still in the working. This is something I would love to do full time. I just need to get someone to help get me going in the right direction........Thanks LEECH21

[Surface Tension]

LEECH21, I'd like to see your paintings, can you post some pictures or send them to me?

[LEECH21]

Sure Surface Tension, I'll post them (or try to). I haven't posted a pic since FM switched to the new format. I'll have to set up a new account with a pic hosting site. I have to step out of the house for a bit, but I'll try to get them soon. Thanks for your interest in my paintings.

[hanson]

LEECH21-

One of my relatives, I believe its my dad's cousin, paints for a living. His name is John House. He won the MN state duck stamp in 1999 and the MN pheasant stamp in 2004. You can do a search for 'John House Art' and you'll find his webpage. He does very nice work. I don't know him very well but my dad does.

[Renneberg]

That walleye looks like a pink salmon.

See what I mean.

[LEECH21]

Here it goes....."Cold water Crappies" in oil on a 16"x20"

And "Fish Food" , a largemouth bass in oil also a 16"x20"

http://img122.exs.cx/img122/8712/scan14.th.jpg

[LEECH21]

I'll try to make them bigger....

[LEECH21]

I'll try to make them bigger....

[LEECH21]

Sorry about the double post. The pictures are fairly clear. As you can imagine they are pictures of pictures. Kinda hard to fit the canvas in the scanner. LOL The bottom of the bass pic turned out funny when I was scanning it somehow....but I'm sure you'll get the idea of what the actual paintings look like. I hope you enjoy my work....LEECH21

[Surface Tension]

Very nice! Are they named and signed?

I don't know squat about the market but I see some great potential for magazine, book or ad illustrations.

[Chris Haley]

Now that's impressive!!!

[Dan Thiem]

Very nice!! Incredible talent. You definatly (sp.) have a gift.

[SCUMFROG]

WOW! Very nice Leech. You really should look into that as a full time thing. I'd like to have one your paintings on my wall. Any way of getting you to paint one for me?

[PikeTipper]

Wow, pretty impressive LEECH21. You should have made it an Ice Buster Bobber on the crappies painting and you may have gotten one of the advertisers to make a large bid.

[Northlander]

Hey Leech how about you doing some of your artwork on my new Otter before I put it together? e-mail me at walleyes4me32 at aol dot com Thanks a lot.

[huntnfish]

Those paintings are very impressive. I'm not sure of the process to make the into prints, but if you do let us know. I would love to have a print of that crappie on my wall.

[Farley]

That's pretty cool. I really like the crappie one.

[Renneberg]

Very nice Leech! You really should go full time with it. I think you'd do really good if you did.

[pikehunter]

Leech,

I may have work for you. Drop me an email as soon as possible: [email protected]

[LEECH21]

Thanks for all the compliments. They are really appreciated. I'm not sure on the print thing either. I'm trying to get some info on it. Like how much it costs to make a print and where can I get them made up? I'd much rather sell 500 paintings for less money than 1 for quite a bit more. Right now I'm having troubles parting with the ones I've got. Each one takes about 30+ hours to paint up. So parting with the ones I have done is real hard. My wife keeps telling me that I'm not going to make any money if I don't sell them. I tell her that if I sell them all, then how am I going to show people my work? I thought about going onto the forum and asking to trade a guided trip somewhere for one of my paintings, but I'm not sure if I want to do that either. Pikehunter I will e-mail you. Thanks again felles! LEECH21