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Bob White
Photo by Byron Harris
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Bob White is an artist and author whose work expresses a
misspent youth. Instead of doing his homework, his nose was
constantly in the outdoor books and sporting magazines of the
day. Consequently, he has
wandered between Alaska and Patagonia for over two decades as
an itinerant fishing guide, looking for gainful employment. He
now paints and writes for a living; which is to say, he's still
searching.
Bob has been influenced by such masters as Homer, Sargent and
Fournier, and by more recent artists, such as Pleissner, Jacques,
and Sloane. He works in watercolors, oils, pencil and ink,
grasping the essence of a scene in a brief sketch. His ability to
capture a fleeting moment through the eyes of a sportsman has
earned him international recognition. His work hangs in the
private and corporate collections of sportsmen on six continents.
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Bob and Luke (his flat coated retriever)
Photo By Gary Kramer
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Bob guided in Southwest Alaska and has nearly two decades of
experience there as a fishing and wing shooting guide. He also
guided sportsmen in Argentina for a decade, and continues to
host fly fishing and wing shooting trips to Patagonia, Alaska,
Kamchatka and other destinations. The photographs that he
takes of his guests in the field frequently appear in national
publications and are often used as reference material for field
and stream portraits.
Bob was awarded Guide of the Year in 1988 by Fly Rod & Reel
Magazine. As the 1994 Artist of the Year for the Alaska State
Parks Foundation, Bob produced and donated the artwork for
the first Alaska State Parks Foundation print. His work has been
presented twice in Fly Rod & Reel Magazine's Gallery. Bob has
been featured as a guide and artist on ESPN's "Fly Fishing the
World" and "Fly Fishing America", as well as on Ron Schara's
"Minnesota Bound". He currently illustrates the closing columns
for Fly Rod & Reel magazine, Duck's Unlimited magazine,
Gun Dog magazine and Hatches magazine. He is a columnist for
Midwest Fly Fishing and regularly contributes to many other
sporting publications.
Bob has lived in Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota for over a
decade with his wife, Lisa, his children Jakob, Jamie and
Tommy, and their dog, Gus.
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Partial Client List
Roger Altman, New York, New York
Bebe Anchorena, Junin de los Andes, Argentina
George Beitzel, Chappaqua, New York
Joaquin and Isabel Blaya, Miami, Florida
Murray Bring and Kay Delaney, New York, New York
Bob and Dorothy Brockman, Houston, Texas
Herb and Robyne Camp, Irvington, New York
Kaspar Cassani, Uitikon, Switzerland
Gustavo Cisneros, Coral Gables, Florida
Michael Douglas, Santa Barbara, California
Sam and Nancy Gary, Denver, Colorado
John Gierach, Lyons, Colorado
Theodore Gildred, Former Ambassador to Argentina
Leon Gorman, Freeport, Maine
Terry Huffington, Houston, Texas
Peter Johnson, Johannesburg, South Africa
Jim Kilts, Rye, New York
Henry Kravis, Sharon, Connecticut
Bob Kuppenheimer, Corona del Mar, California
Leonard Lauder, New York, New York
Nick Lyons, New York, New York
Forrest Mars, Jr., McLean, Virginia
Kerry Packer, Sydney, Australia
Dan Quayle, Indianapolis, Indiana
Oscar de la Renta, New York, New York
Bill and Jane Reynolds, Boulder, Colorado
Michael Rose and Debbi Fields Rose, Memphis, Tennessee
Tom Rosenbauer, Manchester, Vermont
Lady Rowcliffe, Surrey, England
Fran Santangelo, Harrison, New York
Saul Steinberg, New York, New York
Oscar Strauss, New York, New York
David Susman, Cape Town, South Africa
Paul Volcker, New York, New York
Sophia Wathne, New York, New York
Billy and Lanny Webster III, Greenville, South Carolina
Jim Wolfensohn, New York, New York
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Bob on an Alaskan duck marsh
Photo By Gary Kramer
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Partial Exhibition and Publication List
1994 Alaska State Parks Foundation Artist of the Year
Madonna College, Permanent Collection, Livonia, Michigan
Woodmere Art Museum, 1990 Sport in Art Show, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing, Tom
Rosenbauer
Book Illustrations, Skyhorse Publishing
2009
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, Tom
Rosenbauer
Book Illustrations, The Lyons Press 2007
Fly Fishing and the Meaning of Life, Wade N.
Brooks
Book Illustrations, MBI Publishing 2006
A Bird in the Hand, Ted Lundrigan
Cover and
Book Illustrations, Countrysport Press 2006
The Fly Fishing Anthology, The Editors of Voyageur
Press
Book Illustrations, Voyageur Press 2004
The Orvis Fly-Casting Guide, Tom Deck
Book Illustrations, The Lyons Press 2003
Grouse and Lesser Gods, Ted Lundrigan
Cover and Book Illustrations, Countrysport Press 2002
The Fly Fisher's Guide to Crimes of Passion, Seth
Norman
Cover Illustration, The Lyons Press 2000
100 Years of Fishing, The Editors of Voyageur
Press
Book Illustrations, Voyageur Press 1999
100 Years of Hunting, The Editors of Voyageur
Press
Book Illustrations, Voyageur Press 1999
Breakfast at Trout's Place, Ken Marsh
Cover Illustration, Johnson Books 1999
Return to the River, Roderick L. Haig-Brown
Cover Illustration, The Lyons Press re-issue 1997
Essential Fly Fishing, Tom Meade and Bob White
Book Illustrations, Lyons & Burford 1994
Fly Fishing for Bonefish, Dick Brown
Book Illustrations, Lyons & Burford 1993
Dry Fly Handbook, Dick Talleur
Cover Illustration, Nick Lyons Books 1992
Superior Flies, Leonard M. Wright, Jr.
Book Illustrations, Nick Lyons Books 1989
A Fisherman's Winter, Roderick L. Haig-Brown
Cover Illustration, Nick Lyons Books re-issue 1986
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Bob, Jake, Jessie, Lisa and Jamie
Photo by Lisa White
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Fly Rod & Reel Magazine
Illustrations for John Gierach's column
"The Sporting Life" since March 1992
Cover Photography:
May 1993, March 1992, March 1991
Featured Gallery Artist:
March 1988 and May/June 1995
"Alaska's Small Creeks", Craig Norville
Photo Essay, Nov/Dec 2000
"Into the Heart of the Brule", Bill Stieger
Story Illustrations, Sept/Oct 1999
"Chasing Grayling", Jeff Hull
Story Illustrations, Nov/Dec 1994
"Tradition", Dick Talleur
Story Illustration, July/October 1993
"Hail the Mighty Monarchs", David Seybold
Story Illustrations, July/October 1990
"Sportsman's Seasons", Mark Hume
Story Illustrations, July/October 1989
"East Big Fish", John Gierach
Story Illustrations, July/October 1988
Midwest Fly Fishing magazine
Contributing
writer to the "Guidelines" column since Fall 2006
Ducks Unlimited magazine
Illustrations for E.
Donnall Thomas Jr.'s column "Closing Time" since May/June
2007
Gun Dog magazine
Illustrations for Joe Arnette's column "Parting Shots" since
February/March 2005 Hatches
magazine
Contributing Writer since Fall
2009
Gray's Sporting Journal
"A Late Summer Walk", Story and Illustrations
September/October 2009
"Rusty's Big Pike Adventure", Story and Illustrations
May/June 2009
"The Miracle Box", Garrett O. VeneKlasen
Story Illustration, February 1997
"Chaparral Delights" A Photographic Essay on
Qail Hunting in South Texas, September 1994
"Trek Across the Heartland" A Photographic Essay
on Fly Fishing and Upland Hunting, September 1993
"A Great Place to Fish" A Photographic Essay on
Fly Fishing in Argentina, March 1992
"First Frost", Cover Illustration, Winter 1990
Regulary contributor to Shooting Sportsman,
Wildfowl magazine, Hunting and Fishing
Collectibles, Upland Almanac, Alaska
magazine, and The Yale Angler's Journal.
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