Duck Stamp 2022

Artist Statement:

The story with this art piece was we were assigned to create a piece that involved a species of duck. This is a competition that determines if your piece will be created into a stamp.

This art piece relates to my life because for this drawing my reference photo was a photo I had taken this past summer. Me and my mom and some family friends decided to take a trip up to Northern Maine this summer to camp at Mt. Blue State Park. I always have a blast when we camp up there, and it is such a quiet and peaceful place. When going to swim at the lake one day, there were a bunch of ducks that came waddling up to us, and this duck (drawn above) loved us. She was super sweet and loved our pretzels we gave her. I loved interacting with her and thought I should incorporate her into this years competition.

The process of this piece was to draw the duck lightly first then color it in with any material. I decided for this years to use the materials I work best with which are pen, watercolor markers, and watercolor. I wanted the piece to look something related to my artistic style of work.