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"Driftwood Drake" Original Oil Painting
"Driftwood Drake" Original Oil Painting
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A Note on Gifting
Unframed prints arrive rolled in a personalized tube featuring Ryan’s wildlife sketches. This packaging is highly recognizable—consider shipping to a different address if it's a surprise gift.
Description
With the exception of a recent mallard painting, it's been a while since I've painted waterfowl. I decided to get back in the saddle with the drake wood duck taking flight. I reworked the composition a couple of times to get it right before sketching it on canvas, and I'm glad I did. The play of light and the composition of the logs in the water help to give structure to the painting as the drake explodes off the water and over the top of them.
Ultimately though, wood ducks are such an incredible species that all you have to do is paint them accurately and their natural aesthetic is going to make the painting. Plus they live in some of the coolest, most interesting habitat: moss-covered logs, secluded pools in hardwood creek bottoms, and tucked-away beaver ponds. All are interesting places to find and paint them.
Ryan Kirby Quality Guarantee
Ryan believes quality makes the difference between a generic print and a fine art print. Every Ryan Kirby piece uses professional-grade, archival quality materials to ensure your investment lasts a lifetime.
Expertly Crafted, Authentically Verified
Crafted for Collectors, Built to Last
Made for hunters and collectors with scientific accuracy and museum-quality detail.
Detailed sketches of bucks from ages 1.5 to 6.5 years, approved by NDA biologists.
Printed on acid-free paper with fade-resistant inks for lasting clarity.
Individually signed by Ryan Kirby with his Seal of Authenticity.
Comes with pre-installed hardware for effortless wall mounting.
The ryan kirby experience
When you buy from Ryan Kirby, you’re getting more than just art—you’re getting the Ryan Kirby Experience.
Each order is carefully packaged in our Boone, NC, studio. Unframed prints arrive rolled with protective tissue and plastic wrap to prevent damage, while canvas prints are available framed or unframed. Original oils come custom-crated with premium framing chosen by Ryan. Look for Ryan’s signature wildlife sketches on the shipping tube—it’s a mark of authenticity and care.
Purchasing art should be an experience, from the moment you order to the day you hang it in your home, office, cabin, or man cave.
