Evans' career also included success as an artist, providing illustrations for Cosmopolitan, American, Woman's Home Companion, and Redbook.

As a dog breeder, Evans created the Old Hemlock line of English Setters whose progeny continue to be prized by hunters across the United States for their bird hunting abilities.

He spent the next eleven years in New York working as a freelance artist until he signed an exclusive contract with Cosmopolitan in 1938 to illustrate mystery and detective stories.

[1]: 72–74 In 1939, Evans moved from New York City to a Revolutionary War-era farmhouse (which he named "Old Hemlock") in Preston County, West Virginia, the better to pursue his love of hunting.

[1]: 95–110 Unable to find English Setters to suit his desires, Evans set out to breed his own variety which would combine a natural ability to handle ruffed grouse, while possessing some of the beauty George believed to have been lost in the field trial dogs of the era.

[3] In addition to his co-written mystery novels, Evans also authored a number of non-fiction books and articles on the subject of shooting, hunting and bird dogs.

Evans would go on to publish, on average, three articles per year in various magazines read across the country, mostly in Field and Stream and Pennsylvania Game News.