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Fine Art Print by Michael Sieve

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Fine Art Print by Michael Sieve
"Four Seasons Series, Summer-Common Loons" signed lower right in pencil. Image measures 11 3/4" x 15 3/4" in double mat with wood frame. Includes Certificate of Authenticity from Wild Wings Collection. Growing up in Wilmont, Minnesota, a town of 300 residents, Michael Sieve spent his youth in part studying and hunting foxes, geese and rabbits. Sieve's knowledge of his subjects gives his work a strong realistic quality. "One-half of my work, such as the jaguar and humpback whale pieces, comes from on-site research," he explains. "While I was on a two month trip in Africa, I shot 400 roles of film." He has also fished the waters of Alaska, where he photographed killer and humpback whales and bravely faced grizzly and polar bears. The other half of the oil painter's work is comprised of what he calls his backyard paintings," which include turkeys, deer, song- birds and other creatures near his home. The artist's studio overlooks 25 acres of farm land, part of which he has turned into a wildlife preserve. I've planted many trees. Sieve's artworks, have landed him many awards, including the First of State in Oregon's Duck Stamp contest from 1984 through 1986, Artist of the Year for the Iowa Bowhunters in 1983 and the 1992 Artist of the Year for Ducks Unlimited. Capturing animals in all their moods and motions, Sieve has turned a "crazy idea" into a successful reality.