In theory, you can train a gundog by using a manual. In practice, the dog’s behaviour won’t be textbook. Be patient and creative with your teaching, suggests Janet Menzies…
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Sporting Artist: Jane Braithwaite
How do you paint the invisible? How do you capture the feel and the smell and the sound of being at the races on a raw, damp day in mid-winter?…
Sporting Artist: the Earl family
FROM the 1850s to the present day, four generations of the Earl family, over more than 150 years, have been painting what it is that makes us tick. Now the…
Field interview Gareth Wyn Jones
Racing up the foothills of the Carneddau mountains, trying to beat the next rain pulse, my opening question for Gareth Wyn Jones is blown away by a breath – no,…
Kick on, King Wenceslas
Where would Christmas be without hunting? Bing Crosby dreamt of a white Christmas with every Christmas card he wrote. When that card shows the traditional scene of the hunt on…
Sporting Artist: Joseph Crawhall
Eschewing the sentimentality of earlier Victorian painters, Jospeh Crawhall created masterpieces of observation. Janet Menzies takes a look at this iconic sporting artist. SPORTING ARTIST: JOSEPH CRAWHALL The ambition of…
HM The Queen’s unfailing love and support of country sports
HM THE QUEEN: A TRUE COUNTRYWOMAN Coming across HM The Queen in the line of sporting duty, perhaps picking-up or competing in gundog trials, or in the parade ring at…
Sporting Artist: Emma Cawston
Emma Cawston, a country bumpkin at heart, has journeyed from Africa to the UK countryside with her oil pencils and has a diverse portfolio of fantastic paintings of wildlife and…
Sporting artist Jonathan Armigel Wade: capturing the joy of country life
Jonathan Armigel Wade’s paintings offer a ‘curvispective’ on the joys of the countryside. He explains his unusual vision to Janet Menzies
Sporting artist Francesca Sanders on the power of landscapes
Francesca Sanders explains to Janet Menzies why landscapes are wrongly underrated, deserving of the same attention as portraits