The Week in Fish Pictures" ~Year 3~ Week 23
A big Warm Welcome from Altoona Pennsylvania and the home of the Annual Pennsylvania Taxidermist Association convention and competition!!!!!! Again nothing short of breathtakingly amazing works of wildlife art going on here! The economy hasn’t short changed the efforts or the attendance of this show! With over 500 plus members strong many of the great and skilled taxidermists come together along with fellow taxidermist from far and away to spend several days learning and making new friends and visiting with the old ones whom they had made in the past! If you have never been to a Taxidermy convention this is a must!!!! I sure will post some of the great fish work I have the privilege and the honor to judge this year! The competition is strong and the work is as beautiful as you will see any where!
So many Talented and gifted fish artists come here each and every week and share with us their passion and inspiration we all can use to motivate us to the next level of satisfaction and success!
Let’s start of the week recognizing those who shared their wonderful work with all of us!
naturalcreati40!!!! Super striper!!!!! Great work! Love the scale detail!!!
Jonathan!!! Killer Brown this week my friend! Well done!
Cory!!! Hey brother sweet Bass as usual I know you do nothing less then great!!!
Capt Bryan!!! Great work this week Bryan you haven’t missed a beat!!!
Jim F!!!!! Jack hammer Sheep head!!! WOW love the detail!!!!!
Evan!!! Man what killer scale work on your Steelie!!! Carry on!!!
Richard Benedict!!!! Always some of the most breathtaking fish around Rich!! Inspiring!!
Travis Jones!!!!! Sick that’s all I’m going to say! Man you know that just kicks some hard Tuna Butt!!!! Well done!
Josh Knuth!!! Well done Smallie!!! Love the soft details and great cast as well!
Ozzie!!!! The big King from the home of the Big fish! Love the MI King!!!
Twiggy!!! What an incredible Crappie!! I must say your efforts are well noted! Outstanding!!!
Longspur!!! Love the display it is taxidermy that makes one think of a story and tells the viewer to look back in the life of the fisherman!!! Well done!!!!!
Don Patton!!!! What a nice Grayling!!! Super work!
Doug P!!!! My friend you share such beautiful work with this Muskie this week! Nothing short of a standard of great work!!!
Mr. Shipman!!! Super Smallie for sure Nice display for the photo too!
John C!!! Cranking Brown I love the color you show this week on the brown Well done for sure! Steelie was pretty darn hot too!
Ollie!!!!!!!!!!! My friend you share some of the most wonderful works of art! The Salmo Salzar is a great fish of your land and a most treasured fish for all anglers! I know now where to call to see about getting a perfect reproduction for one! I hope your well and I will look forward to seeing you at the World Show!
Stuffenstuff!!! Mounted Red devil my foot you took a picture of it in the tank! Super work!!!!!
Eric C!!! Love this MyKiss and the beautiful display!!! Well done!
MK!! Smoking Walleye!!!! Love the color!!
Schmitty!!! Well done on the Bass!!! Great tipping and color work!!! The Pike is well done too!
Manny!!! Your work continues to improve at a rapid pace! Keep up the great work! Super Crappie!
Fishdude!!! Yes you are! I love the soft colors of the Smallie you play with the values of warmth and depth to create this! Well done!
Rob S!!! Killer Man the work I love this carving!! Great job!!!
Sarmite!!! Great Zander!!! You have done very well with this great fish! Super!
I want to thank all of the great contributors who really show not only great talent and work but rather give such inspiration to all of us!
A great week Fishheads!!!!!
From beginner's to the best in the world we all join in every week in a critique free and hassle free string with nothing more then great artist and inspiring fish taxidermist and carves get together to share with one another their praise and inspiration of good will and friendship to one another.
In the spirit of the Great State of Pennsylvania Annual Taxidermy competition and convention I thought I would start off with one of PA very own and most recent Anglers Artistry family members Mr. Kevin Raymond! Kevin spent a week with us and worked on molding and casting, and custom mounting! Kevin was a real gentleman and a good note taker which is always a great start in learning more information. I want to share with you a few of the wonderful pictures of one of Kevin project which he did for a great cause in the State of PA Camp Compass. This fish is one of the fish that was donated and completed for a young person who was in need! Congratulations to Kevin Raymond for helping out and stepping up as well as for the Pennsylvania Taxidermy Association for being a host sponsor for this great cause!
So here goes!
I hope you enjoy the week!
So with out further ado let's get week #23 under way.
So here we go and here is to a great week in fish pictures!!!! #23 Enjoy!
My Best!
Your Friend
Rick Krane
Anglers Artistry
312 Chesterfield Road
Hinsdale, New Hampshire 03451
Office: 603-336-7296
Web:
www.anglersartistry.comHere are a few pictures of the beautiful Palomino Trout; Kevin worked on for the worthy child in the camp compass program!
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