Waiting to Move Off, Middleburg

Oil on Canvas, 24 in. x 36 in., $4,000

This is a portrait of Hugh Robards, and his wife Julie, waiting to move off with the Middleburg hounds. It was Hugh’s last day carrying the horn. He had spent more than 50 years in the hunt field and was retiring. The title is a play on words – “moving off “signifies the start of the hunt. Hugh was “moving on” to a new phase of his life in retirement.