A few weeks ago, artist Ryan Smith posted an image online of a recent painting that he had completed which reminded me of all the brook trout that I caught decades ago in northern Michigan. Dark tannin water, a slippery fish painted in washes of bright pops of color with blue and around red dot halos, who were always willing to rise to a dry fly.
There is just something special about these native chars in their native places. Taken on glass, they are even better...
Ryan has teamed up with J.P. Ross Fly Rods & Co. to offer a limited production giclee print with the proceeds of the first 45 prints to benefit Trout Power to continue their work in protecting these fish in their native ranges. Sale of the prints will raise $1,000 for this worthy organization.
I asked Ryan if he had any "in process" images of the painting and he shared these two photographs. It's always neat to see how an artist works and the black and white paint before the colorful oils are added is neat to see.
Visit the J.P. Ross Fly Rods & Co. website to purchase one of these prints and take some time to listen to a conversation that J.P. and Ryan had recently on the In the Seam podcast.
You can see more of Ryan Smith's work on his website and follow along on Facebook and Instagram.
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