The top four paintings will be displayed at the Pacific Flyway Decoy Association’s Annual Classic Wildlife Art Festival in Sacramento, July 16-17. Since 1971, the California Duck Stamp Program’s annual contest has attracted top wildlife artists from around the country. The contest is open to artists from all 50 states in order to ensure a wide pool of submissions. All proceeds generated from stamp sales go directly to waterfowl conservation projects within California...
...Artists from around the country submitted entries for the contest, sponsored by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). Buck Spencer of Junction City, Oregon, placed second, Jeffrey Klinefelter of Etna Green, Indiana, placed third and Michael Patrick Bailey of Los Angeles, California, received honorable mention....
Winners of the 2021-2022 Hawai‘i Wildlife Conservation and Game Bird Stamp Art Contest were announced this week by the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife. The two new stamps will be available for the new 2021-22 hunting season beginning July 1, 2021. “DOFAW would like to thank all the wildlife artists that submitted entries for this year’s contest.” A committee reviewed all submissions and two winners were chosen...
(Honolulu) – Winners of the 2021-2022 Hawai‘i Wildlife Conservation and Game Bird Stamp Art Contest were announced this week by the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW). DOFAW would like to thank all the wildlife artists that submitted entries for this year’s contest. A committee reviewed all submissions and two winners were chosen:
Michael Patrick Bailey is a lover of lines—lines that flow from brush, nib and lead, as well as lines that crack wise from characters' yaps. He draws, he paints, he writes, he makes films—going wherever the line takes him. We did a beautiful collaboration together on Now We Are Seven and we look forward to sharing more collaborations, coming up.
Pacific Park’s mighty Sea Dragon comes to life in the pages of the new children’s book Stella Rose and the Sea Dragon, now on sale at local bookstores and online retailers.
James Harris, Santa Monica Pier Historian, and his 10-year-old daughter Stella, wrote Stella Rose and the Sea Dragon. The children’s book is about a young girl named Stella Rose and how she gathered the courage to finally ride a “big kid” ride at the Santa Monica Pier while befriending a green Sea Dragon, modeled after Pacific Park’s Sea Dragon ride.
Santa Monica Pier Deputy Director and historian James Harris has written a new book, this time with his daughter Stella. Stella Rose and the Sea Dragon is an allegorical tale about the journey a young person takes when graduating from a small, fun family ride to one of the larger thrill rides at the Pier’s famous amusement park. In May, Pacific Park will host Jim, Stella, and book illustrator Michael Bailey at the Park for the book’s official release.