Favorite Outdoor Artists

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Open water is good to.. I really like the "Quality Time" print...

marine_man

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Marine Man,

"Quality Time" is based on a lake in northern Ontario I've been to with the guys. Soon I'll be taking the whole family there. The kids are pumped; so am I. (If you look closely at the image, the kids lighted bobber is under)

I should mention my last ice fishing painting was "Change of Seasons," part of the "Dad and I" series.

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Now about Kouba, I heard he also invented a device called the "Art-O- Graph," used to enlarge/reduce images such as drawings and reference materials. I guess he made a lot of money on it. It saved many illustrators a great deal of time, but also can be a crutch for art students.

I read somewhere his family was developing brands of Kouba pancake mix, chocolates, and so on. I have not seen any products in stores though.

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Terry Redlin was an admired art director for West Peblishing before he was a wildlife artist. One old art friend did an illustration for Terry; the view of a pitch, through a catchers mask. Obviously not what Terry was expecting. He quietly thought about it, eventually deciding it would work just fine. Very few art directors, or people, are that open-minded.