Forgotten art
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Forgotten art
#1Priorities change over time, a long time ago I collected a lot of wildlife and landscape prints...then I had kids and some of the unframed prints went into storage not to be seen again until a quarter century later. Since 2020 was the year my passion for fly fishing was rekindled, I also made a point to get some of that artwork framed and displayed properly. This was a print I purchased in the mid-1990s (1995?) that I fell in love with at first sight...the subject, composition, color, light & shadow were all perfection in my opinion. I took it to a frame shop over a month ago and fretted whether I made the right decision regarding the matting...I brought it home a couple days ago and think it turned out well.
I'm seriously running out of wall space and I'm going to have to rotate what gets displayed as I get more of those prints framed...but this one will be staying up for the rest of my days.
I'm seriously running out of wall space and I'm going to have to rotate what gets displayed as I get more of those prints framed...but this one will be staying up for the rest of my days.
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#3Exactly! I got mine from Wild Wings at one of the Twin Cities malls -- either Maplewood or Rosedale.
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#6The matting, IMHO, does what it is supposed to do...draw your eyes into the image, not the spectacular (the framer always thinks) framing and matting. Very nice!
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#7Better late than never Herb. Very nicely done.
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#8I learned some time ago not to hang everything all at once or all the time. I now put a couple things up. light them well and enjoy them for 6 months then rotate them out. The quietness of blank wall space around a single piece makes it sing the better. Pulling something out a year or two absent is a re-found joy that never seems to get old.
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#10Quick diversion from congratulatory remarks: Years ago, I used to deal with Wild Wings for Turkey Federation. Invited up to corporate hq by Andrew Webster (then CEO's son), I was given the nickel tour. There was quite a pile of originals leaning against a wall. I loved what I was looking at...fairly loose wildlife art. I asked Andrew about when they were going to publish them. He laughed and said, "we're not." Turns out Wild Wings bread and butter art was/is very tight, almost photographic artists' interpretations of their subjects. Too bad for guys like me!
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#13Agreed, the use of light is perfect and the bubbles really add depth to the composition. The mysterious oak leaf hints at where this may be. I like it!
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#15I just did that search and the artist is Mark A Susinno and the title of the work is 'Plunge Pool'.
I'm not sure that one is currently for sale but you can find similar here: https://wildwings.com/collections/brook-trout
I'm not sure that one is currently for sale but you can find similar here: https://wildwings.com/collections/brook-trout
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#16Tim's got it -- Mark Susinno. He's created a lot of fabulous trout-related (and other game fish species) artwork the past 30 years and many of his prints are featured in this gem of a book -- including its jacket cover: