Speak to Me (My Michigan)

Jules Anna Jones is a wonderfully talented and great singer/songwriter from our home state of Michigan. I stumbled on her when looking at Jeff Daniels, and when I heard her CD, I knew she had to be on Sporting Artisans. With an unemployment rate now at 15.3%, Michigan is hurting, but you can't help but feel more optimistic when you hear her music. Click here to hear a portion of this song. Her full CD is also available.

Eukanuba to underwirte an original oil painting by Chris Chantland

Chris Chantland Eukanuba is underwriting this years' painting of the National Open Retriever Champion. What makes it different is that Eukanuba is the only company that is commissioning the painting of both handler/owner and winning dog of a major championship. The painting in oil is finished of Dave Rorem and last year's National Open Champion and will be unveiled at the National in November - and here. For more info about Eukanuba, go here:

Ah, October

To celebrate October, here is a bronze scuplture of the bird you can't tame - the Sharp tailed Grouse. It's by new Sporting Artist Liz Lewis and comes in a limited edition of 25.

The New 2nd Amendment Buckle

Introducing the new 2nd Amendment pewter buckle from The art of Lou De Paolis. This jewelry-grade buckle and be purchased by itself, or you can get a custom Royden strap with it - only available this way at SportingArtisans.com. Click here to order.

Family photos

Thanks to Ken Bedenbaugh for these great photos. Liked 'em so much, I put them on the home page.

Yellow Lab with Pheasant

This is a watecolor study of a photograph by Jerome Robinson. Jerome took it for the cover of a book, and I loved it so much that I painted it for practice. This was painted 20 years ago, and is rare in the fact that I make it a point to never "copy" a photo unless it's just for practice and the photographer gives me permission. This is one of three I've done like this in 20 years, and is more of a testament to Jerome's eye than my technical ability, but it gets a lot of rave reviews, so hence I finally am putting it on the site.

New painting by Chris Chantland - work in progress.

Here is the latest image taken of a new watercolor of a lab doing a swim by by Chris Chantland. More images of the work in progress can be seen at chrischantland.blogspot.com