"Black Duck Hideaway" Nevada duck stamp winner Following the contest Tuesday in

Following the contest Tuesday in Davis

inspirations

The beauty of that day was seared forever in my memory

framed in a simple plein air gold frame

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

"Black Duck Hideaway" Nevada duck stamp winner Following the contest Tuesday inI 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