Jim Sprankle Hand Carved & Painted Gunning Black Duck Decoy

Jim Sprankle Hand Carved & Painted Gunning Black Duck Decoy
Jim Sprankle Hand Carved & Painted Gunning Black Duck Decoy
Jim Sprankle Hand Carved & Painted Gunning Black Duck Decoy
Jim Sprankle Hand Carved & Painted Gunning Black Duck Decoy

Jim Sprankle Hand Carved & Painted Gunning Black Duck Decoy

Jim Sprankle Hand Carved & Painted Gunning Black Duck Decoy from 1991. I obtained this decoy directly from Mr. Sprankle who is a world renowned champion carver.

Would make a great addition to any decoy collection. Please contact if you need additional pictures or have any questions. Jim Sprankle - Waterfowl Artist Jim began carving in 1968 and has become one of the best-known wildfowl wood sculptors in the world. His carvings have earned him considerable recognition throughout Europe, Japan and North America. After growing up in Lafayette, Indiana, and before he became a waterfowl artist, Jim Sprankle was a professional pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds organizations, as well as a public relations banking executive and a self-employed businessman.

Early age adventures in wildfowl hunting, combined with a family wood-working and taxidermy background, helped produce Sprankle's incredible knack for his life-like wood carvings. While he lived in New York State and Maryland, he maintained large aviaries that contained every specie of marsh duck and many divers. The ability to consistently observe these birds up close also contributed to the skills that gave Jim a competitive edge in his carving His sculptures have been displayed at the Waterfowl Festival, Easton, Maryland, the Kodak Gallery in New York, the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, and the Smithsonian Museum, to name a few. He has participated in many international exhibits, and his works are currently shown at the Ward Foundation of North American Wildfowl Art Museum, Salisbury, Maryland, the Roger Tory Peterson Museum in Jamestown, New York, the Andrews Gallery of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Michigan, the J. "Ding" Darling Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida, and in numerous private collections In November 1992, Jim was among the eight original inductees admitted into the Waterfowl Festival's National Hall of Fame.

This honor specifically recognizes individuals who have made outstanding and significant contributions to the success of the Waterfowl Festival, as well as to many other waterfowl art/conservation efforts on national and international levels. He has also been a thrice-designated Festival Carver of the Year. In 1998 he was invited by the Department of the Interior to be one of the five judges of the Federal Duck Stamp Competition held in Washington, D. He has also judged the World Championship Duck Call Contest in Stuttgart, Arkansas, and for 26 consecutive years he judged The Ward Foundation World Championship Carving Competition in Ocean City, Maryland. He is the first person ever to judge the Duck Stamp Competition twice, and he was able to do this in his hometown, Sanibel Island, Florida, in 2007.

This past spring Jim was named "Citizen of the Year" by the Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce and "Volunteer of the Year" by the Federal Refuge Service. In 1984, Jim was featured in the hugely successful book, How to Carve Waterfowl. In 1985 Waterfowl Carving with J. Sprankle, a 256-page book exclusively about Jim, his techniques and philosophies, was published, followed by Painting Waterfowl with J. In 1998 Carving & Painting the Green-winged Teal with Jim Sprankle, was published, authored by Curtis J.

Jim has self-published Waterfowl Patterns & Painting by Jim Sprankle, a technical guide to the basics of his carving skills. He also produced five 2-hour carving and painting videotapes and a one-hour reference tape that was filmed in his private aviary in Maryland. For 25 years Jim was also a top-notch teacher of this art form.

In 1994 after 10 years of living on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, Jim, his wife Patty and their son James moved to Sanibel Island, Florida. With constant exposure to wading and shore birds, the theme of his art became increasingly oriented towards those birds found in local refuges.

This new genre of work is shown at the Visitors Center located at the J. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida. His life-sized sculpture of the American Bald Eagle is the focal point of the new Florida Gulf Coast University Student Union building. In 2001 Jim was inducted into the Lafayette Jefferson High School Alumni Hall of Fame in Lafayette, Indiana.

A 1952 graduate, he was invited to join because of his inspiring careers in both baseball and wildfowl art. He served five terms as President of the J. "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society, Sanibel Island, Florida, and has been on the Society Board for twelve years. In March 2004 Jim was given the first ever "Angel of the Arts" Artist of the Year Award for his outstanding contribution to the arts in Lee County Florida. In the same week, Jim went to Washington, D.

To present his life-sized Eagle sculpture entitled, "Freedom Fighter", to President George W. Bush in the Oval Office of the White House -- the culmination of his carving career. On March 22, 2011, Jim donated his complete collection of 43 hand-carved and painted decoys to the J.

"Ding" Darling Education Center located on Sanibel. This represents one bird for each year of his carving career.

The permanent exhibit is entitled, "Folk Art to Fine Art". He plans to add one bird a year to the collection for as long as he is able. The item "Jim Sprankle Hand Carved & Painted Gunning Black Duck Decoy" is in sale since Thursday, April 13, 2017.

This item is in the category "Sporting Goods\Hunting\Vintage Hunting\Duck Decoys". The seller is "dukiejj" and is located in Destrehan, Louisiana. This item can be shipped to United States.
Jim Sprankle Hand Carved & Painted Gunning Black Duck Decoy


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