Original watercolor on paper, mounted to a 6 × 12 inch cradled wood panel and finished with cold wax.
Inspired by a nighttime photograph taken during Wisconsin's annual HEX hatch, HEX Hold shifts the focus away from the trophy fish and toward the worn fingerless gloves supporting it. The quiet moment of care, experience, and respect becomes the true subject. Emerging from the darkness, the brown trout is illuminated only briefly before its release back into the river.
