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Feds Duck Controversy--Restore Prize For Stamp Art to 6-year-old Girl
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| May 6, 2013
| Joshua Rhett Miller
Posted on 05/06/2013 12:33:38 PM PDT by SgtHooper
A 6-year-old South Dakota girl who was initially accused of cheating in a federally-sponsored art contest was restored as a winner, and her painting of a duck is again on track to be used on a U.S. postage stamp.
A 9-by-12-inch oil painting of a canvasback duck by Madison Grimm, of Burbank, S.D., was declared the winner from some 29,000 entries in the 2013 Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest. In addition to having their artwork immortalized on a stamp, winners receive a $5,000 scholarship. But days after the April 19 announcement, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service officials said Madison whose father is a wildlife artist had used an illegal transferring technique. The agency then crowned Peter Coulter, 17, of Missouri, for his acrylic painting of snow geese.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/06/south-dakota-girl-6-reinstated-as-federal-art-competition-winner/#ixzz2SXiKB5Rg
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: duck; duckart; duckstamp; painting; stamp
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posted on
05/06/2013 12:33:38 PM PDT
by
SgtHooper
To: SgtHooper
She was re-instated, but does anyone think she can draw that well? And the fact that her father is a professional artist and had won a previous context? Hmmm, something is fishy here.
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posted on
05/06/2013 12:35:14 PM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
To: SgtHooper
context = contest. Wish we has editing previleges on our own posts. :-)
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posted on
05/06/2013 12:36:15 PM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
To: SgtHooper
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posted on
05/06/2013 12:36:32 PM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
To: SgtHooper
Arooooo Wonk Wonk. The grammar police are coming for you!
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posted on
05/06/2013 12:39:51 PM PDT
by
DaxtonBrown
(http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
To: SgtHooper
I thought it was done by the husband of that female cop in Fargo?
To: SgtHooper
This is her entry:
A 6 year old? Frankly, I would have to watch her do something right before my eyes before I believe her dad didn't have a hand in this.
If not, then she is a prodigy. Like a once in a generation prodigy.
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posted on
05/06/2013 12:41:04 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(LBJ declared war on poverty and lost. Barack Obama declared war on prosperity and won. /csmusaret)
To: SgtHooper
Wish we had editing privileges on our own posts. :-) Ditto.
To: SgtHooper
She looks and sounds like an intelligent little girl. Congratulations to her for winning!
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posted on
05/06/2013 12:43:54 PM PDT
by
petitfour
To: SgtHooper
"...contest officials initially disqualified his daughter for using a graphite transfer from an unpublished photograph he took years ago. Rules of the contest clearly state that a design may not be copied or traced from published photographs or artwork, he said."I don't have a problem with an artist using a graphite transfer technique. Artists do it all the time. The only objection I can see is if the photo she traced was published. They apparently were attempting to avoid copyright issues. Apparently, it was an unpublished photo, so no foul.
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posted on
05/06/2013 12:44:52 PM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
To: SgtHooper
It’s entirely possible that the girl is a prodigy.
To: Sans-Culotte
>> Apparently, it was an unpublished photo, so no foul.<<
It looks like she ducked the problem after being caught in a web of regulations.
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posted on
05/06/2013 12:47:33 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(LBJ declared war on poverty and lost. Barack Obama declared war on prosperity and won. /csmusaret)
To: SgtHooper
Mozart composed pieces at age seven. His father was a musician.....
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posted on
05/06/2013 12:54:07 PM PDT
by
kabumpo
(Kabumpo)
To: SgtHooper
She used one of daddy's unpublished photos for the transfer.
Seems like she should have used one of her own unpublished photos to be legitimate.
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posted on
05/06/2013 12:54:32 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam is a religion of peace, and Moslems reserve the right to detonate anyone who says otherwise.)
To: wideminded
Wish we had editing privileges on our own posts. Ditto. Second that. Any chance of that happening?
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posted on
05/06/2013 12:55:36 PM PDT
by
Bon of Babble
(It was ME. I Let the Dogs Out.)
To: SgtHooper
She was re-instated, but does anyone think she can draw that well? And the fact that her father is a professional artist and had won a previous context? The fact that Daddy is an artist actually make it more probable that the work is hers. Parents tend to pass on their knowledge to their offspring especially if the offspring shows talent.
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posted on
05/06/2013 12:56:44 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Join AAAA : Americans Against Acronym Abuse)
To: freedumb2003
High levels of artistic talent run in families.
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posted on
05/06/2013 12:57:27 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: freedumb2003
“It looks like she ducked the problem after being caught in a web of regulations.”
That might be a fowl.
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posted on
05/06/2013 12:59:04 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(AR-10s & AR-15s are the Muskets of the 21st Century. Free men need not ask permission.)
To: freedumb2003
I think they have video or pictures of her painting.
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posted on
05/06/2013 1:04:50 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
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