"Black Duck Hideaway" Nevada duck stamp winner "Sweet Virginia Breeze" is inspired

"Sweet Virginia Breeze" is inspired by trips through the Shennandoah Valley in Virginia

These anglers are searching the tidal marshes of South Carolina for feeding Red Drum or Redfish

This piece is framed in traditional plein air gold

"Spoonbills" is Guy Crittenden's winning image in the 2017 Michigan Waterfowl Stamp competition

giving them a warm contrasting glow

"Black Duck Hideaway" Nevada duck stamp winner "Sweet Virginia Breeze" is inspiredI grew up believing the Black Duck was the most coveted prize of all waterfowl. If you grew up hunting on the East Coast of North America, you would probably have the same sentiments about this wary bird. This painting was inspired by a place called "Blackwater Refuge" on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The area holds thousands of black ducks in the winter, but you would never know it. They find the most remote creeks, ponds and lowgrounds and