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DANCING ON ICE
18"X24"
OIL ON CANVAS
AVAILABLE AS ARTIST'S PROOF PRINT

This painting won first place in the prestigious 2009 Wyoming Conservation Stamp art contest. Many years ago, a good falconer friend and I watched a Great Grey Owl hunting from a cottonwood over deep, powdery snow. He would scan the snow with those amazing facial disks, sensing sounds of mice scrabbling under two feet of snow. He'd glide down, disappear into the snow, then break free with a mouse in his foot - simply amazing. That mind's eye image has been with me for over 20 years, and I used it for this painting.
The State of Wyoming will print about 300,000 of the stamps, and sell them to sportsmen/women to help fund wildlife management in Wyoming. The original is owned by the WY Department of Game and Fish, but an exclusive edition of 50 Artist's Proof prints is available from this website while they last. Click the link above for more information.


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DANCING ON ICE 18"X24" OIL ON CANVAS AVAILABLE AS ARTIST'S PROOF PRINT This painting won first place in the prestigious 2009 Wyoming Conservation Stamp art contest. Many years ago, a good falconer friend and I watched a Great Grey Owl hunting from a cottonwood over deep, powdery snow. He would scan the snow with those amazing facial disks, sensing sounds of mice scrabbling under two feet of snow. He'd glide down, disappear into the snow, then break free with a mouse in his foot - simply amazing. That mind's eye image has been with me for over 20 years, and I used it for this painting. The State of Wyoming will print about 300,000 of the stamps, and sell them to sportsmen/women to help fund wildlife management in Wyoming. The original is owned by the WY Department of Game and Fish, but an exclusive edition of 50 Artist's Proof prints is available from this website while they last. Click the link above for more information.