Sporting art is a time-honored genre that has captivated collectors throughout the ages. Imagery of polo matches and fox hunts are among the most recognized subject matters that continue on today. September 19 to 23, Vanessa Rothe of Vanessa Rothe Fine Art Gallery in Laguna Beach, California, will present the curated exhibition The Hunt at the famed Salmagundi Club in New York City. The show will feature art by 22 artists in the theme of the chase, including Juliette Aristides, Michelle Dunaway, Julio Reyes, Candice Bohannon, Derek Penix, Stephan Bauman, Mia Bergeron, Richard Thomas Scott and Eric Bowman, to name a few.
Karen Offutt, Nature Morte, oil, 12 x 15"
“We have discovered that many of our fine art collectors admire this exciting, timeless theme,” says Rothe, who will also have paintings in the show. “I had been seeing historical works related to duck and pheasant hunting or [a] fox chase, as well as the theme being touched on in some contemporary art over the last six months, so I decided to move forward and curate a full contemporary exhibition.”
Stephanie Thomson, Falcon, oil, 18 x 9"
Rothe adds that there will be imagery with foxhounds, ducks, deer, pheasants, wolves, horses and riders and even Diana, the goddess of the hunt, on view in the show. “It’s always of interest to our collectors to have a new, exciting theme for their collection, and as artists of this century we want to be inspired by and also carry on traditions from our past masters,” she says, “however making it our own for the market of today.”
C.W. Mundy will have figurative work in the show, including his fisherman painting Tuna Boat Captain. For the painting, Mundy “attempted to depict both ‘reality’ and a ‘suggestion of reality,’” he says. “I also wanted to show the captain’s determination and intent in his work.”
C.W. Mundy, Tuna Boat Captain, oil, 8 x 6"
Sam Robinson, Fording the Western Run, oil, 12 x 16"
The still life Nature Morte, by Karen Offutt, is also on view. “My painting of this deer skull, Nature Morte, was an exploration for me to paint not only the exterior, the antlers, but also the interior, the skull, and how they connect as one,” the artist says of the painting. “I enjoyed trying to capture the solidity in the structure as well as the fragility in the thinner layers of bone.”
Following the exhibition at the Salmagundi Club, any available works from The Hunt will travel to Vanessa Rothe Fine Art Gallery and hang from September 30 to October 30.
Salmagundi Club 47 5th Avenue • New York, NY 10003 • (212) 255-7740 • www.salmagundi.com
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