The Quintessential Angler | 48x24 inches

$1,036.00

This original work of fine art was created by the artist using professional grade products applied to stretched canvas. It does not require framing and comes with hardware for hanging in your home or office. The style is modern, abstract, conceptual, or Mid-Century Modern.

Other works of art by this artist can be found at juried art festivals such as Cherokee Triangle Art Fair (Louisville), 4th Street Festival of the Arts (Bloomington), One America Broad Ripple (Indianapolis), and WinterFair (Columbus), and at fine art galleries and museums, including Fitton Center, Middletown Art, Richmond Art Museum, Oxford Community Arts Center, and ADC Fine Arts of Cincinnati.

This original work of fine art was created by the artist using professional grade products applied to stretched canvas. It does not require framing and comes with hardware for hanging in your home or office. The style is modern, abstract, conceptual, or Mid-Century Modern.

Other works of art by this artist can be found at juried art festivals such as Cherokee Triangle Art Fair (Louisville), 4th Street Festival of the Arts (Bloomington), One America Broad Ripple (Indianapolis), and WinterFair (Columbus), and at fine art galleries and museums, including Fitton Center, Middletown Art, Richmond Art Museum, Oxford Community Arts Center, and ADC Fine Arts of Cincinnati.

This painting was inspired by my father, the quintessential angler of my life. While painting it, I was inspired to write and include a pantoum poem. Here are the words to the pantoum:

Along Kentucky banks into the late night

We patiently wait for a thrilling tug of line

This is our liminal space, our father-daughter rite

As dads go, I am thankful you are mine.

 

We patiently wait for a thrilling tug of line

Toking Rum River Crooks, swigging Maker’s Mark

As dads go, I am thankful you are mine.

We speak of theology into the dark.

 

Toking Rum River Crooks, swigging Maker’s Mark

From dark waters, sunfish, catfish and bass we pluck

We speak of theology into the dark

I’m your kid with prodigious fisherman’s luck.

 

From dark waters, sunfish, catfish and bass we pluck

You clean keepers with your fisherman’s knife

I’m your kid with prodigious fisherman’s luck

You are the quintessential angler of my life.

 

You clean keepers with your fisherman’s knife

This is our liminal space, our father-daughter rite

You are the quintessential angler of my life

Along Kentucky banks into the late night.