"Black Duck Hideaway" Nevada duck stamp winner This original is in a

This original is in a private collection

Following the contest Tuesday in Davis

My first trip to Blackwater Refuge in Cambridge

Prints of this Mahi-Mahi Fish Portrait are also available by visiting Guy's gallery at Fine Art America

"Black Duck Hideaway" Nevada duck stamp winner This original is in aI 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