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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | Hi folks,
Mike Hulbert commissioned me to render an airbrushed painting of his good buddy and Stealth Tackle owner John Bette last year. The painting was kept a surprise until the 2008 Tri Esox Chicago Musky Show where Mike presented it to John. Here's Johns own words describing what he thinks of it...
"Thanks Mike and Mike!!!
Hulbert and Mike (Musky Snax) Bromelow that is.....I was completely surprised and shocked with what I received this weekend. I am still amazed with it! wow!!! Hulbert surprised me with a amazing painting done by Mike Bromelow of my 49" Indiana fish that I caught back in 2006 with mike in the Indiana musky classic. ill try to get some pics up later. the detail that Snax put into this painting is amazing! I didn't even realize at first it was a painting i thought i was getting a blown up and framed photograph of my fish.
Thanks again guys!
John"
Stealth Tackle
"Clearly the Leader"
http://www.stealthtackle.net
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Location: WI | Very cool! A great gift to a great guy! Outstanding work. |
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| Love the White Sox Shirt, 2005 World Series Chicago White Sox! The really scored in that IN tournament! |
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Location: oswego, il | Johns teeth are not that white. 
Seriously cool painting and great work. John, congrats on the fish! |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | you're a lot older and fatter in real life .... he air-brushed the zits off of your chin too |
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Great painting.... Very nice work sir. |
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| Is it true that when painting the picture the brushes kept breaking?
Cool painting.
Did I hear right that this fish was the 2nd largest of the tournament? The biggest must have been a monster. |
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| DANG! That's pretty cool! :thumbsup: Nice job. Nice work!
If my memory serves me correctly...the bigger fish that won the "big fish" of that years tourney was only a 1/2" longer? I think...don't quote me on that. It was not bigger than John's fish though. It was just a 1/2" longer. John's fish, if my memory serves me correctly, was a more quality fish, in that aspect..."bigger"....again...don't quote me on this...this was a long time ago... LOL!
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Location: lansing, il | pretty suprised to say the least. next to the photo it is dead on.... he did his best to try to get rid of the ugly! but he did have to stick to the picture. hahaha thanks again to mike & mike! |
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| are those blue blockers Bette! Sweet shades man..wear do I get a pair...do you get them when you sign up for AARP?
ahhhhahhahaa nice work Snax |
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Location: Minnetonka | VERY COOL... nice fish, John... and beautiful recreation, Mike. Way to capture that moment. I remember the photo with the sun reflecting off the 'llunge. Awesome job. |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Here is the photo that Mike (Snax) went off of.
As you can see, every detail was captured. From the net, the depthfinder, the rod laying off the side, etc....it is dead on.
Thanks again Mike, great job!
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| There's no way that fish is 49 inches
Cool stuff!
Question for the artist; Can you do a picture of a fish in the water eating a lure?? You know sort of like what we see on the covers of magazines.
John |
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | Oneida Esox - 1/16/2008 10:01 AM
There's no way that fish is 49 inches
Cool stuff!
Question for the artist; Can you do a picture of a fish in the water eating a lure?? You know sort of like what we see on the covers of magazines.
John
Great question and the answer is yes. Actually I'm going to do one soon as i get my 2007 lure orders finished off. I did post a painting of a musky grabbing a sucker a while back but I've gotten better since then.Thanks for all the nice comments everyone, they mean a lot.  |
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| That is dead on. Great Job. |
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Location: So. Illinois | Nice work snax,
I really like the "soft" image that an air brush provides. Hats off to you....
J |
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| Oneida,
In questioning whether John's fish is 49", I gather you are thinking it's larger. Maybe you have forgotten that John is a little weasily guy. He makes 36"s look big. |
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| Question for Hulbert...
What's the girth of this fish? I'm having a tough time guessing on my own. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | the doo-rag in the painting takes 20 years off you john |
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Location: lansing, il | doo-rag??????????? |
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | muskihntr - 1/16/2008 5:00 PM
doo-rag???????????
I wondered what he's talking about too! lol
He thinks that the cap on your head looks like a head stocking or "doo rag". Popular with the hip hop culture. |
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| Girth on this fish...I don't know.
It was a nice thick fish for sure, but I don't girth my fish.
Sorry can't help you out!
MIKE HULBERT |
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Location: lansing, il | yup no girth measurment, since we were in a tourny at the time we were more interested in getting a accurate measurment and verification and gettin her back in the water as quick as possible. |
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Location: oswego, il | Still a great painting, good thing you were wearing a hat John, I don't imagine Snax would have had that much paint in skin color! |
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | lol You guys are brutal! Ha ha ha! |
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Location: Oregon | Wow, that's really nice.
Jed V. |
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| Very nice guys.
I wish I would not have forgot to come and see it.
Keith |
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| Hey John, he even got the neck rolls. LOL |
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Location: Michigan | That is really impressive... Well done. |
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| I do alot of airbrush illustration, and I know how time consuming and difficult it can be. that is some fine work!
Edited by MuskyStalker 1/18/2008 3:55 PM
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