"Jackson River Morning" - SOLD Chesapeake Bay The image of jumping Mallards

The image of jumping Mallards will become the 2016-2017 Duck Stamp for the state

I am very pleased with the composition and the overall balance of colors and textures

Guy's painting was chosen as the winner from 35 entries from artists across the U

and framed in gold with linen liner and gold fillet

They plan very sophisticated group attacks on their prey

"Jackson River Morning" - SOLD Chesapeake Bay The image of jumping MallardsThis original oil painting was created from a "Plein Air" session in Bath County, Virginia. This particular stretch of the Jackson River was near Bacova Junction and I completed this piece in one sitting on a beautiful summer morning. There was a slight mist over the river, giving the scene a soft, backlit glimmer. I wanted to capture that with an impressionistic quality to the paint and brush. This piece is a 16 x 20 flat panel hardboard, and is