The following information is from Ann Hardie of The Eldridge Hardie Studio:

In August, 2002, Stackpole books is publishing The Painting of Eldridge Hardie-Art of a Life in Sport, the first book devoted exclusively to the artist's work.

For the sportsman art collector who is deeply enriched by his days in the field or on the water, authenticity of mood in a painting is crucial. The quarry, the texture of the landscape, the weather, light, and season, the people and dogs, the boats all are familiar and treasured elements. Eldridge Hardie's own bird hunting and fly fishing pursuits, which have taken him from Canada to the southernmost tip of South America, to Scotland and all across this country, are ...