Artist Curt Gavin

Curt Gavin

“I have always been in awe of professional tiers tying the old traditional patterns and especially the salmon and steelhead offerings.  Some are just flat-out gorgeous.  So I thought, lets study the ‘Masters,’ and I mean that respectfully, and try to tie some of them myself.

This is where it starts for me and my art: the tied fly.  More so when I am creating a painting of a traditional fly and a little less on my themed fly pieces like ‘Danny Boy.’ I may have a background in mind or an idea but I like to tie one on first, if you get the meaning. Really, the fly comes first with its history or origin, then the backgrounds are born from there.”

Curt Gavin Art