For an avid angler such as Winslow Homer, fishing offered recreation, rejuvenation, solace, and camaraderie. It also spurred his imagination, suggesting new subject matter for his paintings. Fly-fishing, which demanded concentration and stillness, afforded Homer a close involvement with rivers, streams, and other bodies of water, revealing new worlds of color, form, and dynamism. At his favorite fishing spots, Homer worked in watercolor, the traveler's medium, stretching its limits boldly and unconventionally in order to convey the intensity of his feelings for nature and the physical and psychological demands of his favorite sport. On March 27 at 6:00 Patricia Junker looks closely at Homer's avid pursuit of fly-fishing and the inspiration it provided for his art.

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Winslow Homer. Life-Size Black Bass, 1904. Bequest of Brooks McCormick.