| Freshwater lakes, rivers and other waterways | | | | memorialized thru photography, paintings and |
| are an essential part of North American | | | | sculptures. |
| Culture. Artwork of these bodies of water | | | | American and Canadian artists paint, photograph |
| features freshwater fish, fishing, boats, shipping, | | | | and create carvings of ducks, geese and swans. |
| lighthouses, hunting, waterfowl and other subjects. | | | | Waterfowl of Canadian and American lakes |
| Freshwater fish artwork displays a wide range of | | | | includes trumpeter swans, snow geese, Canada |
| fish, including native fish as well as introduced | | | | geese and Atlantic brant, mallards, black ducks, |
| species. Among the most commonly reproduced | | | | green-winged teal, American widgeon, gadwall, |
| fish are members of the bass and sunfish family | | | | pintail, scaup, redheads, ring-necked ducks, ruddy |
| such as bluegill, pumpkinseed, crappie, largemouth | | | | ducks, bufflehead, shovelers, goldeneye, |
| bass, smallmouth bass, rock bass and others. | | | | mergansers, old squaw, scoters and others. |
| Other species found in freshwater art include pike, | | | | Vessels of all sizes are popular in American art. |
| pickerel, musky, walleye, sauger, white bass and | | | | Subjects of watercraft art vary from commercial |
| yellow perch. | | | | fishing boats to the massive ore boats that once |
| Freshwater trout are well represented in | | | | travelled North American lakes, rivers and |
| American art. Species from this group are native | | | | waterways. Artists offer a stunning range of boat |
| to waterways such as lake trout, brook trout, | | | | art, including photographs, paintings, sketches, line |
| cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, steelhead and | | | | drawings, model ships and other representations. |
| others. | | | | Landscapes, beaches, river banks and shorelines |
| Lighthouses of the region are often favorite | | | | are also popular. These works of art showcase |
| subjects of artists. Hundreds of lighthouses have | | | | scenes from past and present along the coasts |
| occupied lakes of the region through several | | | | of famous bodies of freshwater such as the |
| centuries. North American lighthouses are often | | | | Great Lakes and America's great rivers. |