Northwoods Sporting Journal

Art of the Day! The elk hunters - outdoor art by v. paul reynolds Available now for purchase. In Western Colorado during October, this scene is commonplace in any one of the national forests. These two elk hunters have stopped to rest their mounts and check for elk tracks in the early snow that often comes to the Rockies. - The elk hunters

Art of the Day! The Banyan Tree - outdoor art by v. paul reynolds Available now for purchase. These banyan trees are quite common in the Florida Keys. This particular tree caught my eye during a plein air painting session with an art guild that I belong to. For some reason, this watercolor painting almost painted itself. Sitting on a gravel path to the :condo", th...

Art of the Day! Sea Grapes - outdoor art by v. paul reynolds Available now for purchase. The is a plein air watercolor painted in the Florida Keys. Beyond the path and the sea grapes tree there is a lovely Keys home overlooking the ocean. The lady who owns the home graciously allowed me to spend a morning painting a the morning sun quickly changed the shadows...

Art of the Day! Ridgerunner - outdoor art by v. paul reynolds Available now for purchase. Maine is famous for its trophy-size whitetail bucks. Biologists say that they are a product of harsh North Woods winters, that only the toughest survive and they pass along their genes. This buck is about a 190 lb animal that no doubt has been feeding all night in the cho...

Art of the Day! Cabin on Cupsupctic - outdoor art by v. paul reynolds Available now for purchase. This cabin sits on a backwater of Cupsuptic Lake near Rangeley, Maine. I canoed this area one day in early fall with my wife and the idyllic setting caught my eye. There was nobody in the cabin that day, but I pictured the view from the screened in porch and the soothing....

Art of the Day! Maine Coyote - outdoor art by v. paul reynolds Available now for purchase. As a Maine Guide and outdoorsman, I have seen these wilderness backdrop many times, but it would be rare indeed to get this close to this wary woods predator. Most coyotes that I have seen were at a distance and offered only a fleeting glance. I though that it would be fu...

Art of the Day! Oceanside - outdoor art by v. paul reynolds Available now for purchase. This scene was painted during a plein air session with the local art guild to which I belong. The cottage is at Palm and Pine Resort in the Florida Keys. What caught my eye that early morning was the contrasts between the Easterly sun glinting off the beach and the water....

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Art of the Day! Busted - outdoor art by v. paul reynolds Available now for purchase. In Maine, come November, deer hunting remains a passionate pastime. Anyone who has ever deer hunted the fir thickets or the rural backlands has had this encounter - surprised, caught flatfooted by the buck of a lifetime, and not far from the truck either! The hunter in th...