'Icey Refuge' by Wally Makuchal, Jr. took top honors at this year's competitive Maryland Migratory Gamebird Stamp Design
Competition held in Laurel, MD, also known as Maryland's 'duck stamp contest'. The acrylic painting depicts a pair of
Blue-winged Teal enjoying a quiet winter morning alongside a partially frozen Delmarva pond.
The Maryland duck stamp program
is the fourth oldest of it's kind in the U.S. and is in it's thirty-fifth year of raising funds to preserve and restore
precious waterfowl and other wildlife in the state.
Wally is no stranger to winning state stamp competitions. He won Maryland
in 1999, the Florida duck stamp in 1996 and in the same year, the Maryland trout stamp. Wally owns and operates Makuchal's signs
in Girdletree, MD and paints in his spare time. See his other stamp designs at
www.makuchalsigns.com.
The edition size is limited
to 1400 standard and 160 artist proofs reproduced in fade resistant inks on acid-free paper. The image is approximately 7 by 9.75
inches and overall paper size is 12 by 14 inches. Prints are signed and numbered by the artist, and enclosed in an acid-free
protective folder. Original pencil and color remarques will be available on either edition.
Prints will be available in early October of 2009. Please call 410-632-2825 to place an order or visit the website to see other
artwork available for sale.
