If you know my work, you know of my love of natural history and the tradition of hunting and fishing that goes along with it. A few years ago I reached out to Simon Clode the man behind Westley Richards since the 90s. At the time when I reached out, I did not exactly know that who I was reaching out to. I sometime message people on Instagram and that's what happened here. I loved the new photos of fantastic hand made rifles with the most fantastic engraving ever. One fun detail, the first rifle that my father had me hunt with in Tanzania was a Westley Richards! So when I write of tradition it seems to be engraved into our family. I was having a show in London so I messaged whoever was running the account on Instagram to perhaps get a quick tour of the shop. To my delight they invited me and my wife for a visit and even pick us up at the train station in Birmingham. When I asked who it was I was communicating with I discovered it was Simon, the big boss himself! What happened next was a treat. It was not just a quick tour of the facilities. It was an in depth tour and history lesson of WR. I was in heaven! I think for about the next few hours we got to see just about everything. I highly recommend a visit to their fantastic shop. Sadly a year or so later Simon lost his battle with cancer. A few years later they reached out and suggested that maybe we start this campaign which I am very happy to announce here! I will provide a link below. We wanted to both share our love of tradition and hunting. Couldn't as for a better company to work with, the quality in which they approach all aspects for WR is over the top. Each painting painstakingly researched, studied and figured out was pure joy. I love my subject and work and I hope for you as an audience we can share in our enthusiasm for the Natural World and the wonderful wildlife that abides there. Thank you for taking a look! 

Here is the Link to see what is happening over at Westley Richards:

https://shorturl.at/z3oSy

or 

https://www.westleyrichards.com/theexplora/the-golden-era-of-safari-re-imagined-by-american-artist-nicholas-coleman/