Page 8 - The Hunt - Spring 2024

EDITOR'S NOTE
Lifelong Connection
Ifirst met Jamie Wyeth when I was in fourth grade at Chadds Ford Elementary School. My teacher, Mary McMullan, had arranged for him to judge art shows and teach an occasional class. I was lucky enough to be in one of those classes. Over the years, I’ve photographed him at different events. I even worked with him on his portrait of George A. “Frolic” Weymouth—so the mile and a half (or so) drive down the lane to Jamie’s Point Lookout farm is a familiar one.
Surrounded by rolling fields and stands of timber, Point Lookout is like an island on the Brandywine. But my recent drive to his home for this month’s cover shoot was a little different. Earlier in the year, a storm had rolled through the area, taking down many trees that had stood for decades guarding the lane. It was, in many ways, unsettling.
I always silently question myself as I work. Am I making enough imagery? Have I pushed far enough? How do I get more from my subject? Do I have enough variety? But then Jamie greeted me at the
side door, and there was that comfort of seeing an old friend. We had a marvelous chat and several laughs.
In this month’s cover image, Jamie is seated alone, surrounded by two works painted by his grandfather, N.C., and a photo of his late wife, Phyllis, with her horse, Union Rags, at the Belmont Stakes. The room is painted in the same acidic green he uses, over and over again, in his own works. The complete version of the image is shown here.
I’ve always felt as though Jamie really didn’t like to be photographed. Still, he was gracious and a great collaborator—and it shows in the results.
Jim Graham Contributing Editor
6 THE HUNT MAGAZINE
spring 2024
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