Charles Fritz: Western Landscape Painter - Epi. 182, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

I had Charles Fritz on today. He's such an interesting person,
not just as a painter, but also as a guy who really loves the
outdoors. Charles not only likes to hunt and fish, but he's also
an individual that really believes in conservation. He believes
that you have to get out and do plein air paintings to be able to
capture what you hope to capture in the studio and this shows in
his paintings and the major projects he takes on.

One major project began in 1998 when he was camping along the
South Bank of the Missouri River. He came up with the idea of
rendering segments of the Lewis and Clark expedition and
capturing all of that history in paint.

So he fills the next six years of his life doing this. Something
that was going to start out as a twelve painting series grew all
the way to 100 paintings. Fritz having since published a book
about them and created a show that travels periodically from
museum to museum. In fact, right now, the Lewis and Clark
paintings are on display at the Wonders Of Wildlife National
Museum & Aquarium in Springfield, Missouri.

Charles is a solid artist with a great reputation and somebody
that I've known for years and have collected his work for
probably 15 to 20 years. I have quite a few of his works in my
home, so I really enjoyed just getting to sit and talk with
Charles Fritz.