posted by Alex on Apr 8
Photo courtesy of www.filmflies.com
It’s always nice to see a deserving artist getting the attention they deserve.
Yesterday Field & Stream published a photo gallery featuring 32 pictures of Graham’s work titled, “The Most Realistic Flies You’ve Ever Seen“. I have Graham’s first Hex Mayfly above my tying desk, and on a fishing trip with Graham and some other friends last Fall I got to see many of the flies in the F&S article first hand. The photos don’t do them justice. One of the things I was the most impressed with was the texture of his mayfly wings, which he makes individually, by hand. It would be tough to tell a real wing apart from one of his synthetic versions. To see more results of Graham’s time at his tying bench, check out his website, Graham Owen Gallery.
Or…
Check out his newest website, www.filmflies.com. Fly collectors have a little competition now- Hollywood. Due out in December of ‘08, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” starring Brad Pitt will feature one of Graham’s realistic house flies getting spooned out of a honey pot and placed on his breakfast plate. In another upcoming movie starring Adam Sandler,(I can’t remember the title off the top of my head, I’ll update later), one of Graham’s realistic Honey Bees will land in Sandler’s ice cream cone.
In it’s short existence, Film Flies already has a client list including: Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, Disney, Relativity Media, and HBO.
How cool is that?