FIELD NOTES | Clarke Art

Matt Smythe

Mar 5, 20211 min read

The Cycle of Life

I've been hard at work in the studio for the better part of a month. Today, the last few days' painting and reality came together in an...

Matt Smythe

Mar 1, 20211 min read

Paul Dixon - Striper Man

A great old friend of mine, Capt. Paul Dixon, is being honored by the American Museum of Fly Fishing with the 2021 Izaak Walton Award. A...

Matt Smythe

Feb 22, 20213 min read

Banded quail, field studies and research.

I'm recently back from another painting and hunting trip to the Albany/Thomasville area in South Georgia. As many may know there are...

Matt Smythe

Jan 16, 20211 min read

Big birds. Little birds.

January has been a study in contrasts this year. I've been on several wonderful Canada Goose hunts not far from home in New Jersey. The...

Matt Smythe

Jan 5, 20212 min read

Oil study and a Georgia whitetail

Late last year I had the opportunity to spend a week down in south Georgia. I was commissioned to paint a large oil painting of a wild...

Matt Smythe

Jan 5, 20211 min read

The slow side of perfect conditions

Hunting the cattail marshes of Upstate NY is one of my favorite things about late fall. I've done it almost every year since I was in my...