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ARTIST PROFILE:
JASON MATHIAS
As a child, Jason Mathias spent much of his time drawing and fishing aboard his grandfather’s charter boat near Stuart, Fla. Those early days were a harbinger of things to come. Jason would continue to spend a lot of time in the water, and a lot of time drawing. ....
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RICHARD GIBSON
By Brandon Dane
Richard Gibson brings a gritty
realism to his photography that stems from the eight years
he spent as a staff photographer for the
Virgin Island Daily News in St. Thomas,
U.S. Virgin Islands. Gibson returned to St.
Thomas last August, as he does annually,
to fish for and take pictures of blue marlin
because he says “it is the only place to be in the world during the August full moon phase.” |
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HARD EARNED PHOTOGRAPHY
The imagery of Scott Kerrigan
Before he was a marine photographer, Capt. Scott Kerrigan spent more than 20 years as a professional sportfishing captain or mate. Then two things happened that changed his life. First, he won the Boy Scout Tournament as a mate in St. Thomas in 1990, which gave him a “bump in cash.” .... |
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BILL BOYCE
Close Encounters of the Deepest Kind
The photography of Bill
Boyce is a perfect example
of art inspired by science,
angling experience and close
encounters of the deepest kind. By age 14,
he had fished his way across North America
four times. He also spent 16 years as a
fisheries biologist after graduating from
Humboldt State University in Northern
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SWING BLADE
When marine sculptor David
Wirth was
named the International Game
Fish Association’s (IGFA) featured artist in 2006, he was genuinely surprised - he was the first sculptor to be honored by the IGFA in almost 40 years. Wirth’s art stems from a lifelong passion for angling, and a near-death experience. He grew up fishing both salt and fresh water while living in California, Minnesota and Colorado. Since then, his artistic career has taken off. He now resides in Temecula, Cal. |
