Jae with 4, 18-24″ Baraacuda, Me with 3′ Bonnethead Shark and barracuda. 9# Scientific Angler rod, reel, 15 lb test leader with steel tippet, Green Stupid Loopy.
Author: Mel Smothers
Mel Smothers is the American artist behind the Andy Dialogs, Islands, Mountain Lake, El Bote, After Dorothea Lange paintings and The Climes Are a Changin sculpture series.
04-08-2014. Everglades National Park, Islamorada, FL
20″ Seatrout,” 9# Temple Fork Outfitters rod, Sage reel, 15 lb test leader with steel tippet, Green Stupid Loopy.
04-6&7-2014. Everglades National Park, Islamorada, FL
5 Barracuda, 32″ to 28,” 9# G-Loomis rod, Sage reel, 15 lb test leader with steel tippet, Green Stupid Loopy.
3-24-2014: Indian Creek Reservoir, Lake Tahoe, CA
2 Cutthroats and 2 Rainbows, up to 18″ Float tube, Sage 4 wt rod, Ross Evolution reel, Brown hackle and Blue-black emerger.
3-23-2014: Indian Creek Reservoir, Lake Tahoe, CA
Eagle gathering nest building mud from bank, 10 Cutthroats and a Rainbow, 12″-16″ Float tube, Sage 4 wt rod, Ross Evolution reel, Blue-black emerger.
3-21-2014: Indian Creek Reservoir, Lake Tahoe, CA
Brown, Rainbow and Cutthroats, 12″-16″ Float tube, Sage 4 wt rod, Ross Evolution reel, Blue-black emerger.
3-20-2014: Indian Creek Reservoir, Lake Tahoe, CA
4 Cuthroat, 12″-16″ Float tube, Sage 4 wt rod, Ross Evolution reel, brown hackle.
Landscapes
Inspiration for the landscapes that began in 2014; An ancient road existed across the Sierra Nevada Mountains east of the Central Valley long before the two highways that cross the SierraContinue readingLandscapes
3 Hour Painting, 1-23-2014.
3 hr. Painting. UnCubed Creativity Fair, Annenberg Beach House, Santa Monica, California. 1-23-2014.
Landscape Drawings
The following three sketches were done in Desolation Wilderness, about 7 miles from the nearest road, at Lake LeConte, 9-11-14, using silverpoint, pencil, Sharpie pen, and gesso on rag paper,Continue readingLandscape Drawings