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It was fishing that led the eminent painter to three of the locales with which we now associate his name: the Adirondacks in northern New York State, Florida, and Quebec. Each of these distinctive regions elicited unique and strong reactions from the painter, which took form in works that are brilliant studies of light, atmosphere, and the spirit of place. At his favorite fishing spots, Homer worked in the traveler's medium of watercolor, stretching it ever more boldly and unconventionally in order to convey the intensity of his experience of nature; his response to light and atmosphere peculiar to a given region, a specific season, and a particular time of day; and his feeling for the physical and psychological demands of his favorite sport.
Homer's fly-fishing paintings are an immensely varied and little-understood aspect of his art. They serve as a counterpoint t
