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Ted Williams (right) admires a painting by Tom Hennessey of the Bangor Daily News. The painting depicts Williams on one of his Atlantic salmon fishing trips to Canada's Miramichi River. Hennessey presented the work to Williams in Bangor on Sept. 4, 1965. Buy Photo

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The 16-gauge doubles built by Parker, L.C. Smith, Ithaca, Ainsley-Fox, and the like were exemplars of the American gun maker's art, from March 2006. Buy Photo

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"Crossing the Boom," from June 2007.

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Old "sports" tenting in the woods. Buy Photo

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A painting that was featured in an art show in 2009. Buy Photo

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Duck hunters and their dog, from September 2009. Buy Photo

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Tom Hennessey of Bangor tries his luck at the Bangor Salmon Pool on the opening day of fishing on April 1, 1960, while Dr. Frank Gilley and well-known salmon angler Guy Carroll cast from a boat. There were no reports of any salmon taken during the day's fishing. Buy Photo

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A turtle, from June 2010. Buy Photo

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Art from June 2013.

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A pointing dog at work, from September 2011.

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Remembering Maine's ice age, from February 2011

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Tom Hennessey at work in his Hampden studio recently. Buy Photo

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Art that appeared July 2012.

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Deer Bedded Down, from December 2002 Buy Photo

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Hunters drag their deer back to camp, from January 2003.

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A hunter and his loyal dog, published in September 2003. Buy Photo

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After 54 years with the BDN, Tom Hennessey is marking the official end of his career, which began in 1959 as an apprentice printer.

We will miss Tom’s regular visits to the newsroom to ensure his art was properly scanned, that his column had successfully arrived to our computers through the “interwebs,” and often to give us his latest, matter-of-fact thoughts on the news story of the day.

Please enjoy this look at some of Tom’s work, which we’ve all had the pleasure of enjoying over the years. We wish him the best as he enjoys his retirement, which I anticipate will be filled with family, fishing, hunting and plenty of time in the great Maine outdoors.