"Black Duck Hideaway" Nevada duck stamp winner This piece is framed in

This piece is framed in traditional plein air gold

framed in a simple plein air gold frame

Marshes and Mountains

Camp Merrie Woode is a private

This is a 9 x 12 original oil plein air painting completed in 2016

"Black Duck Hideaway" Nevada duck stamp winner This piece is framed 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