Outdoor Art of Sam Caldwell

Texas State Artist, 2004

Just In- International Watermedia Exhibition: Caldwell's "Spring Creek Valley" will be featured at WASH galleries in Houston, March 1

Plein air painting Big Bend

Favorite painting of the week: SURF SILVER

Surf fishing

Young Wade Caldwell is after a nice speckled trout – but a tarpon takes charge. This is a large watercolor, beautifully framed.  $3,500. Gclee prints available: 12 x 18, $350 / 20 x 30 $500. Call Sam- 281-455-9390

Chose a classic caldwell art print
Mike McBride connects with a solid trout
Three new paintings join the Caldwell gallery
Yellowstone grizzly Queen 399 and her last cub, Spirit /Original painting, $3,000
Three gray wolves are on alert in early Fall. Only prints available.
Great gift for a special person: choose one of these new paintings for a 14 x 12 Gclee print at $240, with personalized inscription: Call Sam / 281-455-9390​
Large moose and Grizzly face off over lake possession in Yellowstone
Faceoff- huge moose vs large grizzly / $3,000
For a trip through Caldwell's gallery of fine art and literature, just scroll down
Fisherman and Osprey share a surf painting

A fisherman and osprey share a moment in the surf.  Just One More- Or skedaddle back to the boat and head for the harbor?

Gclee art prints now available: Numbered 1/20 Signed and numbered, with a personalized art remarque to the owner: $500.00 Call Sam: 281-455-9390

For a visit with a few of Caldwell's Informal Portraits, click on the big speckled trout above

Caldwell art wins top TOWA prizes

FIRST PLACE ART: Santex Takes timeout for product testing
Top award: Reds at Dawn

For all Caldwell and TOWA Awards, click on Santa’s hat.

Nine Caldwell studies for painting commissions. Get your choice listed before someone else with great taste picks it. Click on the green button to visit the studies.

Here’s a link to Caldwell’s current list of available paintings and prices. Click on the button below. 

wade labrador fenceline pond

Patriotic images: VE DAY and Patrick Henry

Normandy beachhead

Back to Normandy

Return to the beaches of Normandy, rivers of Scotland, Spitfire Museum in England, art of Vincent Van Gogh? Stay tuned here.

Surf fishing
Wade Caldwell lucks into Surf Silver; big watercolor- $2,500

Surf Silver

The Trip

Award-winning novel with full color illustrations by six major Texas artists. Read on Kindle, or get autographed author's copy. $35.00 + $5 mailing. Call Sam Caldwell, 281-455-9390

Seven outdoorsmen journey to the hunting of South Texas and the fishing of Mexican beaches. Six return.

For a trip through Caldwell art, writing and trips just scroll down.

Recent honors for Caldwell art

“One-eyed Jacks Are Always Wild” First Place, 2023 Texas Outdoor Media Association 
“Tough Day Ahead”  Second Place, OWAA’s 2023 National Wildlife Art Contest
“Autumn Wolves” First Place, OWAA 2022 National Wildlife Art Contest
Art and prices

Sam Caldwell was honored with the 2023 Harvey Weil Living Legacy award.

Left, two Sams.

Middle pix, Dale Rollins, Harvey Weil 2023 Professional Conservationist of the Year,
Sam Caldwell, Living Legacy Award 2023
and Hugo Berlanga, Conservationist of the Year 2023
Two life size Caldwells. For a trip to Caldwell's life and times, CLICK HERE.
Dale Rollins, Sam Caldwell and Hugo Berlanga. Sam's remarks were captured on a video by Vizi Caldwell.
Caldwell's remarks at the Harvey Weil podium. CLICK HERE.

SAM’S Not That Serious Collection

Featuring CCA’s Not That Serious column of 30 years. 

The national award-winning art of Ben Kocian and stories by Sam Caldwell.

Click on any image for a journey through time

Kim Brown takes her first fish

Catching a redfish-tarpon-trout-gar

Will things turn out for an optimist?

Liar's Den: Getting a moose over the mountain

Grumbles Carr makes a great catch

Fishing trips are made of strange things-especially when you have two huge fishing buddies in Mexico.

Catch an entire food chain- win the Liar's Contest

Start small, finish big
How to win the Liar's Contest

Always surf fish with tall guys

Old Sport retrieves for Mr. Boudreaux on the Chafalaya. Click on Old Sport for his latest adventure.

What can go wrong on a hunting trip?

The Editor and the Artist disagree about the fate of a great offshore fish

Old Sport, a Dynamite Retriever has an explosive relationship with Bloat Grubfree

Chuck "Luck" Weil and GCCA fishermen survive pink porpoise, piranhas, no-seeums and polar beer to catch peacock bass in venezuela

A Sacrifice to the Great Spirit

Cap'n Camo learns a lesson

Fitz has a skunk problem, as reported by Sapphire

And, many more Not That Serious Columns to come. Stay tuned. Send a response, thanks. Sam Caldwell sam@samcaldwell.com

Original paintings are available: Here are just two

NOW AVAILABLE – Recently completed: Beautiful watercolor from one of my favorite places, the Big Bend region of Texas. A young ranch hand is looking forward to a visit.  Maybe a girlfriend in Marathon, Texas?… or a win at the Marathon rodeo?

Original is available. $2,000

Original watercolor by award winning Texas artist Sam Caldwell. Three young dove hunters in action.

 Original is available. $2,000

 

The Trip - Fishing and Hunting Adventures by Award Winning Author Sam Caldwell

The Trip is available from Sam with a personalized remarque for $35, plus $5 mailing. Call 281-455-9390.

THE OUTDOOR ART OF SAM CALDWELL

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