| WINGS 'n WATER > 2007
Art Exhibits & Sales
 Wildlife
& Duck Stamp Art
Meet Sherrie Russell Meline, 2006-2007 winning Federal Duck
Stamp artist, along with other Duck Stamp and wildlife artists, including the
Junior Duck Stamp winner. Original art work, prints and Duck Stamps all for sale.
Funds from the sale of current Federal Duck Stamps are dedicated to purchasing
and preserving wetlands. A Duck Stamp collection is a “wildlife art gallery in
miniature.” The Festival is your opportunity to enhance your collection of art
or stamps or to begin one for yourself or your children.
Wildlife &
Maritime Art
Some of the nation’s finest wildlife and maritime artists
display their art in various mediums. This is your opportunity to meet the individual
artist whose work you may have admired in galleries. You may choose a priceless
original painting or a valuable signed and numbered limited edition print from
over 20 professional artists. 
Plein Air
Watch while plein air (outdoors) artists spontaneously
capture the feelings of movement, color and light in their small field paintings
of local Southern New Jersey scenes. Original Watercolor Painting
Featuring original, affordable watercolor art in a variety of approaches and
techniques. Subject matter ranges from cozy harbors and flower filled gardens
to lighthouses and bridges. You can personally meet the artist and discuss the
style and the setting.
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| Elisabeth Olver | Wildlife
& Coastal Scenic Photography
Renowned East Coast photographers demonstrate
the skill and patience necessary to capture wild things in wild places. Sculpture
A nationally recognized sculptor presents an intriguing array of wildlife
sculptured in bronze. Decorative Wildfowl Carving, Fish Carving & Decoys
Highly realistic carvings, along with stylized folk art decoys by some of
the nation’s top carvers.
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"Kildeer and Chick"
Carving by Jim Hazeley |
The Festival hosts the $5,000 purchase prize for the North American
Shorebird Championship carving competition. Carvers compete in Decorative Life-size,
Decorative Miniature and Decorative Floating Competitions in both amateur and
open categories. All carving exhibitors are juried. For more information
about exhibiting or entering the open competitions, contact the Wetlands Institute
for a Competition Packet containing rules for each category. Fine Crafts
Artisans display their fine wares for sale. Items vary from birdhouses and
baskets to jewelry, clothing, pottery and fine porcelains.Quilts
A
display of privately owned new and old quilts and wall hangings are represented.
Hand made quilts, pillows, dolls, and other fabric art are for sale.
All
shows are juried. Would you like to exhibit? Please contact the Wetlands Institute
and ask for the Wings ‘n Water Festival Coordinator or email maria@wetlandsinstitute.org.
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