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

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

lovely, who was the artist...

I can’t remember, Ed, and I’m traveling just now.
I will check when I get home and post the details.

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

Another SXS theme. Artist Joseph Sulkowski.

It was done in 1883 by Edwin Anson (yes, the son of THAT Anson).

Bless his heart, the artist painted 22" barrels on the Model 21.
JR

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

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.

Stan,
Fantastic renditions of the birds as well as presentation!
Karl

Marvelous, Stan. Thanks for taking the time to photograph his work and share it with us.

There is incredible wildlife art out there across our great land. I always made a point of stopping at Tamarack in WV when I was through there. And there was a gallery in the little town of Saratoga, WY that had beautiful work. Plus, of course, museums in the west like Charlie Russell’s in Great Falls and the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson. And on and on.

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

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.

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

John Ruthven

John Ruthven Deer with deer stamp.

Stan, those are priceless, I mean spectacular

How did you arrive at that conclusion John?

Love these two with the side by sides. Thanks for sharing.