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The westslope cutthroat trout is native to Banff National Park, and for a long time they were rapidly disappearing. The introduction of rainbow and brook trout, along with whirling disease, pushed them toward threatened status under Canada's Species at Risk Act, and it took serious, sustained conservation work to start bringing back the population. It's one of those slow, unglamorous success stories that doesn't make a lot of noise but matters a lot.
I came to this subject through the people in my life who care about it most, my brother-in-law and two of my close friends are fly fishermen, biologists, and fish conservationists, and their enthusiasm for these fish is pretty contagious. Spending time around people who look at a river and see everything living in it will change how you paint water.
This 18×18" original painting is acrylic and aerosol on a 1.5" gallery depth cradled birch panel.
The westslope cutthroat trout is native to Banff National Park, and for a long time they were rapidly disappearing. The introduction of rainbow and brook trout, along with whirling disease, pushed them toward threatened status under Canada's Species at Risk Act, and it took serious, sustained conservation work to start bringing back the population. It's one of those slow, unglamorous success stories that doesn't make a lot of noise but matters a lot.
I came to this subject through the people in my life who care about it most, my brother-in-law and two of my close friends are fly fishermen, biologists, and fish conservationists, and their enthusiasm for these fish is pretty contagious. Spending time around people who look at a river and see everything living in it will change how you paint water.
This 18×18" original painting is acrylic and aerosol on a 1.5" gallery depth cradled birch panel.