"Black Duck Hideaway" Nevada duck stamp winner "Spoonbills" is Guy Crittenden's winning

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

The paper is heavy 100% cotton rag stock

This piece is framed in traditional plein air gold

Guy Crittenden's 4th Virginia Duck Stamp is entitled

This painting was inspired by a place called "Blackwater Refuge" on the Eastern Shore of Maryland

"Black Duck Hideaway" Nevada duck stamp winner "Spoonbills" is Guy Crittenden's winningI 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