Dan Speidel, 25, of Elyria Township, he likes to paint and hunt. By combine his two avocations, he has won second place in the Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp Design Competition sponsored by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Speidel's 16-inch-by-21-inch acrylic paintings of two bufflehead ducks in flight over Lake Erie show the Lorain Lighthouse in the background. Tim Daniel, public information officer for ODNR, said the judges praised the particulars of Lake Erie, the positions of the birds and the way they were portrayed in Speidel's painting. The first-place honor in the competition is the use of the winning artwork on the $15 waterfowl hunting stamp issued just before hunting season begins in September, Daniel said. Speidel's entry was one of 24 paintings entered by artists from 12 states, Daniel said. First place wins by Jeffrey Hoff, a North Dakota resident whose painting shows two ruddy ducks in the water.
This is the third time Speidel has enter the Ohio Wetlands habitat Stamp Design Competition, and the second place award is the highest he has earned.
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