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 First published September 5th 2006
Rod Sutterby UK painter Rod Sutterby has contributed fish paintings to several books and exhibitions
This is what Rod tells about himself: I was trained as a "Fine Artist" and made large abstracts but I had a young family. In the real world I became a jobbing illustrator for books and magazines and was asked to paint a minnow for an encyclopaedia of fishing. I later progressed to painting all the fishes for "The Fisherman’s Handbook and Advanced Guide" and whilst initially not owning a fishing rod, I became fascinated by all species of angler’s quarry. My paintings became somewhat like cave art - they were animals from another world which I hoped to catch, perhaps even by magic.
When studying a preserved fish specimen at The Natural History Museum in London I discovered that there was sparse information about trout and salmon, other than decaying Victorian specimens. I now had a couple of rods and reels and set about trying to rectify this lack of fresh information, setting out to precisely record Salmo specimens. However, with only limited fishing skills, this would clearly take time and I quickly sought skilled anglers and authors to find fish for me and in this way learned about the hidden lives of these species. The conservation of wild salmon and trout and respecting their life strategies has become of enormous importance, especially now, given such great global changes. These motives now lead my artwork but like the cave artist I hope I paint fishes with a hunter’s eye. I have never killed a fish for the purpose of painting but sometimes of course for eating. I use traditional materials and methods for my works: Water-colour, Oils, Acrylic, Pastel and Pencil.
There is a permanent exhibition of my salmon paintings at The Fondation Saumon, Chanteuges, Auvergne, France. I shall be exhibiting a one-man show of paintings at the Customs House Gallery in South Shields, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 20th October until 25th November 2006. Contact me at my email address for enquiries, a catalogue of paintings for sale, or adding to my mailing list for forthcoming exhibitions. rodsutterby·at·beeb.net More fishy art:
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Submitted January 9th 2007
Angela,
Rod should be available on rodsutterby@beeb.net - that is the address I have used to reach him.
Martin