Mountain Home Junior High School student Josie Arp recently won the top prize in the Arkansas Junior Duck Stamp Program. This was the second year in a row that the ninth grader has won top honors in that competition.
Arp’s acrylic rendition of a ruddy duck won her 7th-9th grade age group as well as being named “Best in Show” for the 2021 contest. Out of the selection of North American species, Arp chose to feature ruddy ducks because their unique appearance appealed to her.
Arp’s painting took more than 20 hours and several months to complete. Arp used different reference photos for the background, water and sunset, and a design of her very own for the ruddy duck in order to create her winning piece, titled “Serenity at Sunset.”
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‘Ding’ artist-in-residence program ready to kick off
By REFUGE / DDWS - | Dec 23, 2020
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The art of Rachel Pierce reflects her love of sea and nature.
Beginning Jan. 5, the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge’s 2021 artist in residence Rachel Pierce will kick off a series of free biweekly, plein-air art demonstrations and monthly Friday Art Journal Walks. The refuge and the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge support the season of nature-art events, which will also include visits to underserved youth organizations and a grand finale exhibition.
Through April, Pierce will do her popup demonstrations along Wildlife Drive on the first and third Tuesdays and Thursdays of each month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visitors are encouraged to stop and chat with the artist in a safe and distanced manner while watching her create her brand of whimsical impressionistic art inspired by sea- and bird-life.