Begin forwarded message: From: "Paul J. Baicich" <[email protected]> Date: October 13, 2007 12:10:12 PM CDT To: Refuge-Stamp at refugenet.org Subject: Stamp: Art contest winner for 2008-2009 stamp
Judging for the 75th Federal Duck Stamp began yesterday at the Big Arts Cultural Center in Sanibel, Florida. The qualifying images for this contest were: Green-winged Teal, Harlequin Duck, Northern Pintail, and Canvasback. The winning artist was Joe Hautman of Plymouth, Minnesota. He has won twice before: for the 1992-3 stamp (Spectacled Eider) and 2003-3 stamp (Black Scoter). Indeed his two brothers have also won before, James three times and Robert twice. (Between them, they have now won eight of the Federal Duck Stamp contests.) All three brothers and their mother were present at Sanibel today. The Hautman brothers are wonderful and skilled artists. You can see their bios and their work on their collective web site here: http:// www.hautman.com/bios.html Some of you will appreciate that their subjects are, as we often say on this Listserv, "not just ducks." forward by Jim Williams, Wayzata
