DeYoung Style Paintings by the Watershed Warriors

The Watershed Warriors are a group of kids from Livingston, MT that Derek worked on a painting project with in their classroom last December. As a class, the kids gave tribute to the Watershed that they study by creating their own version of DeYoung paintings. Their exhibit is currently hanging the local coffee shop in […]

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Derek designs 25th Anniversary Reel for Abel Reels

“Abel has been creating premium fly fishing reels for 25 years, and in celebration of its Silver Anniversary, the company announced a new commemorative finish. Abel has commissioned Montana artist Derek DeYoung to create a quarter-century anniversary design for its already existing fly fishing reels. Abel has started the process of “painstakingly reproducing” the art […]

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Article on Derek from FlyFishing Europe from ICAST/IFTD show

Here is the translation from German to English: From SIMMS on t-shirts, to iPhone Cases, Fly Reels, greeting cards and many other fly fishing articles, you can admire the paintings of fly fishing artist Derek DeYoung. In recent years, the young Derek has managed something many great old masters failed: known during his lifetime, and […]

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