Anybody out there want to go with me?

Roger Zelazny. The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth   One of my favorite short stories from a brilliant writer

Dry Fly….. original acrylic painting by rod crossman

Roger Zelazny. The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth

 

                        Two new articles on my work 

                                              

  The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service recently published an article on my work.  If you are interested in reading some thoughts on fisheries conservation, go to the flipbook version here,  Eddies.  You can find the PDF version here.   PDF 

 



    The  Wildlife Art and Nature Journal also published an article/interview with me.  The extraordinary writer Todd Wilkinson put it all together. He did an amazing job! You can read more of his good stuff in many places, here is a link to his blog at The Huffington Post.
 
    My story in Eddies starts on page 16. The cover of the magazine is a painting I created to accompany a beautiful essay written by author Jim Day on Ernest Hemingway's "The Big Two Hearted River," called "Heminways Meadow. " The piece was published in Fly Rod and Reel magazine.  I love those Nick Adams stories. Jim's story won a Robert Traver fiction award.
     Writer Lee Allen interviewed me and wrote the article. He did a remarkable job! Thanks to all the great folks at "Eddies" for putting this together.

Mayfly Dance

My son Bryan this summer ....


Remembering the hatch....



Simulacra and simulacrum... what is real? the virtual... the simulation.... hyperreal- a copy so powerful it replaces the original.... my memories become the powerful copy of the real..... flyfishing is stuck inside it's own language....

John Voelker

   

 This is the invitation to the 50 th anniversary  of the publication  of John Voekers  " Anatomy of a Murder.  It features the portrait of John  I was commissioned to paint for the State of Michigan by the Voelker Foundation.  

True Films

Gotham Fish Tales ....    stories about how and where New Yorkers fish....    

Trout Grass  is a documentary about making and fishing bamboo ....  the best part of this is the filming on location in China. Seeing how the tonkin cane is gathered and prepared opens up new revelation for every bamboo rod you touch. 

Rivers and Tides  ,  a documentary about Andy Goldsworthy is  art about art. Ephemeral and provocative,  Goldsworthys work is timeless.  Much of his work is created near , in or of water.  I never tire of the mystery found in waters and this DVD will open your eyes to more of the invisible but eternal beauty that surrounds us yet eludes us. 

    Paul Mclean exlpains to his brother Norman in "The River runs Through It" the essence of this notion... " First you see something noticeable, then you see something less noticeable and finally you see something invisible."