Seton canine sketch, undated Dear Lobo, It has been a year since I last wrote and 128 years since your untimely passing. A lot has happened since then but so little has changed. Don’t Pay Attention Human nature, for instance. You wouldn’t know about movies since they...
Wolf and Deer, N.D., Oil on canvas, 16 x 22 3/4” (40.5 x 57.6cm), ALL#4027. Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946), British, Naturalized U.S. Citizen, 1931 The ancient contest between predator and prey plays out in a flash. Wolf and deer focus solely on one another as all...
Featured Image: Meredith Feniak, Restoring Order, Ink and charcoal/2019 “More Beautiful and Amazing” Seton Gallery exhibition 2019-2020 Like so many others (millions of readers over the past 126 years) I first connected with Seton in an emotional way after reading the...
Undated Seton Wolf Sketch Part I Seton had planned to spend the winter of 1893-1894 at his home in Toronto, and with luck, in New York as well. His professional future as an illustrator (and later, as a writer) resided in the American city. His manic work schedule,...
Detail of illustration from Lobo graphic novel by Jamison Chās Banks First introduced as a long form story in 1894, “Lobo, the King of Currumpaw,” became a star because of Seton’s 1898 book, Wild Animals I Have Known. Lobo’s story has resonated ever since, re-issued...