Refuge announces Paint Out winner
REFUGE/DDWS
The J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge reported that out of the dozen of plein-air artists who participated in the Art in the Wild Paint Out on Oct. 22, the People’s Choice Award went to John Brennan, of Lutz. A longtime friend of the refuge, he demonstrated how to paint a duck at the two-day event. Brennan took best of show in the Florida Junior Duck Stamp as a student. More than half of the voters who visited the Paint Out display from Oct. 22-30 voted for his moody refuge landscape as the best. Brennan won a $50 gift card to the Refuge Nature Store.