ART EXHIBIT

Born in New York City, Adriano Manocchia received a Bachelors degree from Pace University in New York. After graduating, he spent 12 years as a photojournalist traveling the world. In 1984, Adriano turned his attention to fine art and quickly received the attention of critics worldwide. A number of awards and special projects marked his recognition in the art field. Adriano’s work is in major private collections. My paintings are my emotions; I paint what attracts me. It is that incessant search for the visually stimulating that makes this voyage exciting. While painting places I observe, I enhance my images through compositional means, bringing them closer to ideals upheld in a bygone age of painting. I leave the complexity of life behind in my work.”

Website: adriano-art.com

Whether painting on a ridge overlooking a sheep farm, or by the rushing waters of a trout stream, or along the New England coast, Ned Reade captures the changing light and colors of the seasons in watercolors and oils. He likes nothing better than filling a thermos of coffee and bringing a chocolate chip cookie to a painting location. He only rewards himself once the sketch is done, and he’s ready to paint! Each summer he teaches a watercolor workshop on Martha’s Vineyard and one at the Southern Vermont Art Center. He conducts an in-person and Zoom watercolor class during the winter months. His work can be seen in galleries around New England. For forty-five years he was Chairman of the Art Department at the Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, NY.

Website: nedreade.com

Patricia Bellerose was born in Joliette, Québec, Canada. From an early age, her family encouraged her to draw, create watercolors and engage in other painting mediums. She graduated in graphic design in 2000 from Ahuntsic College of Montreal. In 2006, Patricia began painting with acrylics and gradually moved to oil in 2008. Her first gallery representation started in 2011 and since then, she have received awards in many international painting competitions. Her artwork has been exhibited in Canada, the United States and China and her paintings are collected internationally in corporate and private collections. Patricia's work is all about expressing movement and giving life to her subject, wether she paints Kitchen scene, Orchestra, still life or landscape She is a member of Oil Painter of America (OPA) She now exhibits in many galleries across Canada and the United States

Internationally recognized framer specializing in angling art/artifacts for private collectors, organizations and museums. Winner of seven fly-tying world championships, having demonstrated at fly-fishing venues from the rocky shores of the Pacific coast, across the states as well as Canada, from a 12th century convent in Italy, north to Scandinavia, to the heart of Great Britain……as well as on a hot dusty parking lot in Roscoe, New York.

Mark captures a sense of light and atmosphere in his Plein air oil paintings. Mark has exhibited in over forty galleries and has had over thirty-five one-man shows. Among his numerous awards is the Juror’s Choice Award from the Southern Vermont Art Center’s 2008 National Fall Exhibition, the first Alden Bryan Gold Medal for best in show awarded in 2007 by the Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville, Vermont.

Website: marktougias.com

Galen is known as a fine landscape and sporting artist who has traveled the world painting in Chile, France, Russia, and France among many countries. Mercer’s first love remains America’s richly varied lands and waters, from which he continues to draw fresh inspiration.

Website: gmercerstudio.com

George can sometimes be seen painting with one sandaled foot in the water and the other on the bank of the Battenkill River! Nationally known for his bravura brushwork, he has won numerous awards at Plein air events on Cape Cod; Saranac Lake, NY; Tucson, AZ; and Ocean Park, MD.

Website: georgevanhookfineartist.com

Connecticut native Jonathan Milo has as been a professional illustrator and artist for the past 33 years.  He specializes in wildlife and outdoor sporting art, with an emphasis on painting fish and fishing subjects.  After graduating from college where he majored in Illustration, he began providing work for Outdoor Life, Orvis, Sporting Classics, Gray’s Sporting Journal, and American Angler magazine.  He illustrated the book “What Fish Don’t Want You to Know” for McGraw-Hill, and “The Atlantic Salmon Handbook” for Lyons Press.  His prints and commissioned paintings hang in private collections throughout the U.S.  Most recently, 6 paintings were selected as part of the permanent collection of the Bass Pro Shops store in Bridgeport, CT. Presently, Jonathan is providing monthly illustrations for Bassmaster magazine. When he’s not painting, he can be found flyfishing for trout, and canoe fishing for bass.

Patrick Mcphee seamlessly blends his love for the outdoors and fishing with his passion for painting. Much of Patrick's childhood was spent exploring the natural world and camping with family. These experiences would go on to shape his artistic style and influence his work for the rest of his life. After studying at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Patrick became fascinated with the Hudson River School of painters, their reverence for nature and the way they handled light. With this inspiration, Patrick began to develop his own style, focusing on capturing the beauty of the natural world in a realistic manner. His works often feature scenes of mountains, rivers, lakes, and streams. Patrick is also an avid fisherman and often incorporates his love for fishing into his work. 

Today, Patrick continues to paint, always striving to improve his craft and to share his love for art and nature with others. He is known for his meticulous attention to detail. He often returns areas to their former glory, removing buildings, parking lots, and powerlines. Each year he participates in plein air events around the country. He has received several awards for his efforts, his works can be found in private collections around the world.

Luther Kelly Hall is an internationally recognised sporting artist. His paintings and illustrations have been featured in sporting publications, galleries and collections throughout the US, Canada and Japan including Fly Fisher Magazine-Japan, the American Museum of Fly Fishing- Manchester, Vermont, The International Game Fishing Hall of Fame, The Cascapedia River Museum-Quebec, Canada, The Maritime Art Gallery at Mystic Seaport Museum, Gray’s Sporting Journal- Illustrations , Yale Anglers Journal cover artist, Natural New England Magazine-interview and illustrations, Atlantic Salmon Journal - illustrations and interview, Baltimore Orioles-Camden Yards, Sportsman’s Gallery-Atlanta and Beaver Creek, Colorado, and Redbone Gallery-Islamorada, Florida, Sporting Classics Magazine- illustrations, Redbone Journal -celebrity angler and artist, illustrator and interview, Wlikes University Magazine-interview, Pennsylvania Angler Magazine, Sportsman’s Gallery-Atlanta, Beaver Creek, Colorado. Atlantic Salmon Museum-Doaktown New Brunswick, Canada, Atlantic Salmon Federation-The Plaza Hotel-NYC, The Waldorf Astoria Ducks Unlimited -NYC.Miramichi Salmon Association-Boston. Pennsylvania Trout Stamp competition second place, 1997, and 1998.

www.lutherhall.com

Stephen Mutsugoroh DiCerbo grew up wandering about and exploring the Adirondack Mountain Region of upstate New York. Ever enchanted by the outdoor surroundings he had sought out; Stephen expressed this wonder of the natural world in the art he produced. He obtained an Associate of Science Degree in Fish and Wildlife Technology in the early eighties, and years later, pursued and completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Science Illustration. Traversing through the northeast United States and New England, Oregon, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, and Washington State he has pursued a quest for more knowledge and experiences in varied environmental settings.

He has traveled to Japan and studied with a Master Gyotaku Printmaker, to refine and advance his technique in Kansetsu-ho and Chokusetsu-ho Japanese Fish printing. After 10 years of study with Sensei Yamamoto, he was honored with the title of Master Gyotaku printmaker and given the Artist’s name, Mutsugoroh .

Currently, Stephen works out of Stormtree Studio in North Hudson, New York, in the Central Adirondack area. He practices Natural Science Illustration as well as fine art and printmaking, specializing in Ichthyologic subject matter. Stephen teaches fine art Gyotaku fish printing workshops, both at Stormtree Studio and other art facilities.

Learn More - https://stormtreestudio.com/

Dun & Dun, a small business based in PA that creates fly fishing prints and stickers is a collaboration between two long-time friends who have shared a passion for fly fishing for decades. James Dunlap is an illustrator and professor at Bloomsburg University, and Ryan Dunmever is a biologist, photographer, and former alligator wrestler. Their business name, Dun & Dun, cleverly merges the beginning of their last names with the adult stage of the mayfly's life cycle.

Time on the stream resulted in countless photos of insects that inspired James to recreate them as hand-made illustrations. Eventually, the pair realized there could be a connection between James' illustration style and Ryan's fly-tying craft. It all started with just a few fly pattern illustrations, then a pivotal moment arrived in Fall 2017 when The Drake Magazine featured their work which inspired them to expand on the subject matter. They started collecting mayflies in all lifecycle stages on their fly fishing trips. These bugs would eventually be identified and photographed by Ryan and then illustrated by James.

Their limited edition prints include fly patterns, duns, the life cycles of select mayflies, caddisflies, stoneflies, and historic flies tied by their creators. They also sell sticker versions of their bestselling bugs and patterns. Most recently, they have been collaborating with legendary fly anglers on prints, including Joe Humphreys and Joan Wulff, and a portion of the profits are donated to notable charities in the fly fishing community.

Adrian was born and raised in New Mexico with his roots going all the way back to Spain.  Where prominent and well respected artists originated.  Adrian is nationally known for his realistic wildlife, portrait drawings and oil paintings.  Among these influential artists, Adrian admires the early works of Picasso and Velasquez.  Which he hopes to be some what successful as his predecessors.

Wendy Krag O’Neil is a silversmith living in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts. She handcrafts sterling silver belt buckles, key chains, bracelets, cufflinks and charms with fly fishing and island themes. Visit her on Instagram to see how she creates her unique handmade designs. @KragSilversmith

Timothy Achor-Hoch grew up in Pennsylvania, fishing the Susquehanna River and local trout streams with his father. He studied illustration and visual communication at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, then received a BA at Juniata College, where he had access to the Little Juniata River and Spruce Creek. After working at a nonprofit in DC, Tim moved to Vermont in 1994 to design fishing catalogs for the Orvis Company and spend more time with fish and birds. He started FishCrow Studio in 2020, where he does design work for others and paints for the pure joy of it. 

Seline Skoug’s images are notable for a sensitive treatment of light and an authentic sense of place. One might categorize her as a regional landscape photographer, but her images do not resemble typical postcard scenes of New England. Rather, she works in the margins between season, space and time of day.

Reviewers have described her images as having a serene, painterly quality, evoking quiet moments in a working landscape, with the play of light as an actor within each frame.

Seline began shooting pictures as a young woman traveling to her ancestral home in Norway. Rarely without a camera in hand, she has since captured landscapes from the Catskills and Adirondacks to the rivers and fields of New England. Along the way, her work has been shaped by her appreciation of the natural world and love of people and community.

She has exhibited regionally in group and individual shows and her images hang in homes across the U.S. Her work has been recognized by Horticulture Magazine and the American Alliance of Museums and her images appear in the book Untold Stories of the Battenkill and a number of Vermont Magazine calendars.

Seline lives along the Battenkill River in Arlington, Vermont, where the river turns west.