Pardon, in advance, the art and fly-fishing puns that will likely abound. We’ve recently experienced a prolific hatch of fishing related art–’Trout Spots’.
A small group of people get to catch and marvel at the beauty of the spots on the sides of trout. Without the help of a macro lens–us over 40-somethings find the iridescent qualities hard to see. As a website designer by trade and passionate fly fisherman by “evening hatch,” Russ Bombardieri has always appreciated the art of as much as the sport itself. Their colorful patterns and grace have always captured his imagination. During the spring of 2008, while admiring a native brook trout he caught in the Appalachian Mountains, Russ realized that few people have the opportunity to truly appreciate the beauty of trout “up-close.” He came up with the idea of celebrating the patterns of trout through realistic and abstract art.
Russ shared his concept with me (John) and together we decided to actively pursue the idea. To bring the idea to life, we enrolled Rebecca(http://www.rebeccahaydock.com/gallery_flyfishing.php).
Today, we are committed to capturing macro photographs of trout spots and using those photographs to inspire realistic and abstract pieces of art. The first series, titled “Jeremy’s Run,” consists of several oil paintings of native Brook Trout. The second series, “Colorado Cutthroat”is also underway and digitally altered images in giclee form are available for sale.
And, to ensure our kids also have the opportunity to realize dreams of catching elusive trout, a portion of all artwork sales will be donated to environmental causes working toward conservation of cold water fisheries.
John Haydock