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by Barry Kent MacKay
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Our greeting cards are 5" x 7" in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss finish. The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.
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This painting shows a flock of American Wigeon (Anas americana). In the UK, the name is spelled “widgeon”, with a “d”, but the spelling used... more
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This painting shows a flock of American Wigeon (Anas americana). In the UK, the name is spelled “widgeon”, with a “d”, but the spelling used by the American Ornithologists Union “official” checklist of birds drops the letter “d”. Either way, there are three species sharing the name: the American, the Eurasian (A. penelope), which is often just called “Widgeon”, and is found through most of Eurasia (and, in winter, parts of northern Africa), and the Chiloe Wigeon (A. sibilatrix) found only in southern South America. The Eurasian Wigeon is increasingly common in North America. When I was a child this species was called the “Baldpate”, because the white crown patch of the adult male in breeding plumage resembled a bald “pate”, or head (although it really didn’t; I much prefer the current name. The American Wigeon has a wide range, breeding from Alaska, east across the prairies and in suitable marshy habitat as far as Quebec and south into the American...
Renowned Canadian bird artist, writer, naturalist, and conservationist, Barry Kent MacKay has “always been an admirer of birds, anxious to see them, paint them, and care for them.” Barry’s biological and ecological accuracy has put him in demand for commissions, to illustrate books, scientific journals and various print and digital media. He has painted birds and other wildlife from around the world, often life size, working in oils, watercolours, and acrylics. He prefers to sell original art, and keeps prices low. “Actual, original art should be affordable for middle class buyers,” he says. “I avoid having to depend on selling reproductions so that the market does not dictate what I paint, which can often be little-known...
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