http://canvasfish.com Fish Painter Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:01:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check them out at the link below: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0076412956324a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntk=Product_liberal&QueryText=deyoung&sort=all&Go.y=0&_D%3AhasJS=+&N=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form23&Go.x=0&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1 http://canvasfish.com/dereks-simms-deyoung-t-shirts-now-available-at-cabelas Please note that ALL HOLIDAY ORDERS must be placed by noon on 12/21/09 to arrive by Christmas.  Otherwise, any orders placed after that time period will not be going out again until 12/30/09 so get your Holiday orders in now.  Thanks and have a great Holiday from Canvasfish.com. http://canvasfish.com/all-holiday-orders-must-be-placed-by-noon-on-1221-to-arrive-by-christmas This new series of paintings came to me from a couple different ideas. First I've always really enjoyed the classic fish studies of trout done in watercolor paint with a white background.  Second, as much as I love very detailed realistic paintings, I've always found simple sketchbook drawings to be ... http://canvasfish.com/new-series-of-trout-paintings-negative-space-trout I'm often asked how I came up with the Abstract Fish Face series. As much as I'd like to say it was just a brilliant epiphany, it wasn't. It happened over the course of a few years. Back when I first graduated from Kendall, an art school in Grand Rapids ... http://canvasfish.com/an-artists-insight-how-did-i-come-up-with-the-fish-face-paintings Check out the two new DeYoung Signature Series Abel Reels for 2010. 2010 Purple Cheeks Brook and 2010 Yellowstone Cutthroat. http://canvasfish.com/dereks-work-to-be-featured-on-2010-abel-reels Buy two 13 x 19" Giclee Prints, get one 10 x 13" Giclee Print FREE. Please let us know which print you would like by typing it in in Special Instructions on the checkout page and we will include it in your order. Free 13 x 19" Giclee Print when you ... http://canvasfish.com/holiday-2009-specials While in So Cal for a couple fly fishing fairs, I had the oppurtunity to tour the Abel factory. Totally amazing how much work goes into each reel! Here's some pics I took of the process. http://canvasfish.com/tour-the-abel-reel-factory On a recent trip down to So Cal, promoting my work and fly fishing products at a couple fly fishing fairs, my brother Nick and I had the opportunity to accompany Capt. Dave Trimble on a Shark fishing trip out of San Diego. Told from the onset that the sharking ... http://canvasfish.com/blue-sharks-on-the-fly Sitting at my computer working away, I glanced out the window and noticed this little spider with a Blue Winged Olive in his mouth. As I photographed him he ran around the window sreen with the mayfly in his mouth. Pretty incredible how strong spiders are! http://canvasfish.com/spider-on-a-bwo Having grown up and learned to fly fish in Michigan, the only stone flies I dealt with were the small black variety. I was never all that excited about them, though I did have success fishing the stone fly nymphs for steel head. Now that I live in Montana, I ... http://canvasfish.com/salmonflys-and-golden-stones