James Hautman of Chaska, Minn., is the winner of the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with an acrylic painting of three buffleheads, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Sept. 19 in a news ...
A new group of social media-savvy wildlife artists is bringing a beloved conservation tradition to TikTok. It’s ruffled some feathers. Artist Kira Sabin in their studio, painting a ruddy duck they ...
Every year, hundreds of artists across the country compete to have their paintings of ducks or other waterfowl featured on a U.S. stamp. Davis Dunavin of member station WSHU visited this year's ...
In a hall at the Bruce Museum, a crowd is at the edge of their seats — watching as hundreds of waterfowl paintings are paraded out — one at a time. A row of five judges examines each one — slowly and ...
Wildlife artist Michael Kensinger, standing in front of a gallery of paintings entered in the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. Credit: Emma Gometz In mid-September, artists from around the country ...
GREENWICH — Hundreds of duck devotees submitted paintings to this year's Federal Duck Stamp contest, which will be judged at the Bruce Museum this week, but it appears TV host John Oliver has ...
MONTPELIER — The annual state-wide Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program is underway in Vermont. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invites students from pre-K to 12th grade to ...
Emily Lian uses her love of nature and imagination when painting wildlife and it shows. The 17-year-old Bethany resident’s colorful image of an orange-billed king eider won first place in the national ...
An acrylic painting of buffleheads in flight by James Hautman of Chaska, Minnesota, won the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. The image will be featured on the 2026-27 Federal Migratory Bird ...