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I'll start it off. Artist W H. Brett

I have hunted woodcock with a gentleman from South Carolina who is a wood carver of birds, mostly game birds. I was introduced to Floyd by our friend here, Gil. His abilities are so far above most carvers that I can honestly say I've never seen his equal. Here's a few examples of his work. Everything you see in the pictures was carved by him from wood, even the shell box and hulls. I think most would agree this is true sporting art.

The three shorebird decoys are gunning decoys made before the ban against hunting them. The larger two are from NJ and are whimbrels known back in the day as curlews. The smaller decoy is a golden plover from MA. The two decoys on my dresser are a black bellied plover and my favorite, a whimsical dowitcher which was part of the T. Rogers rig and branded on the bottom as such. Rogers was a wealthy NYC banker who shot shorebirds in Jamaica bay in the late 1800s. The top and bottom prints are by Chet Reneson. The snowy blowy depicts decoying broadbills during a snow storm. The fishing print depicts flyrodding for bonefish in the Bahamas. The middle painting is an original by Ray Ellis.

A favorite from the late 1800’s of the grouse woods around the New England town where I once lived.

My three favorite painting scenes are hanging in my home. They are these:

"Nervous Cans" by Les Kouba



"Shooting The High Field" by Robert Abbett



And "Jackson and Lane", by Bucky Bowles (a Georgia artist), a depiction of my two grandsons in their formative dove shooting years

One I own. It's interesting as one feather is painted and the second is real.

A few items on the mantle. A carved gamble’s quail, a bronze bobwhite quail, a small bronze pheasant, and a setter cross stitch.

Ken

Another SXS theme. Artist Joseph Sulkowski.

John Ruthven Deer with deer stamp.

John Ruthven

Really nice detail on the this PJ Mene bronze, I did not realize when I bought it that it had been cold painted gold in color originally.



Original foundry mark