Atlantic Brant is 2016 N.C. Duck Stamp

By Justin Stakes

North Carolina -(Ammoland.com)- A lifelike painting of an Atlantic brant, by Florida artist Garrett Jacobs, is the 2016 North Carolina Waterfowl Conservation Stamp and Print.

The acrylic painting was unveiled on Feb. 4 at the 21^st Annual East Carolina Wildlife Arts Festival and N.C. Decoy Carving Championships, during a sponsors’ reception at the North Carolina Estuarium in downtown Washington.

The artwork of a single Atlantic brant standing in cordgrass with the Cape Hatteras lighthouse shrouded in fog in the background will be used as the artwork on the 2016 N.C. Waterfowl Stamp and Print. Signed and numbered regular edition prints with mint stamps will be available July 1 from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s N.C. Wild Store for $145.

Jacobs was one of 31 wildlife artists from 18 states to submit entries in this year’s competition, which began in 2008 as a partnership between the Commission and the East Carolina Wildfowl Guild, and is now managed by the Washington Tourism Development Authority.

Although Jacobs, who lives in Orlando, has …Read the Rest

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