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Jerry Raedeke
1989 SEWE Featured Artist, Raedeke sold his first wildlife paintings when he was eleven and painted with oils from his childhood. He works with a sense of mission to capture and communicate delicate, fleeting moods and moments which he perceives, seeking to capture not photographic detail but rather the essence of his subjects. After early experiences with fine arts, Raedeke later developed a fascination with watercolors while studying with the Chinese-American painter Jake Lee. All the while he pursued field research which has taken him to 38 states, six provinces of Canada - 19 nations. He has been given recognition as Artist of the Year by the National Wildlife Art Show at Kansas City and by the Wildlife Heritage Show at Minneapolis. The Easton Waterfowl Festival has given him a twenty-year exhibition medallion. Raedeke was selected from a national search for inclusion in the National Wildlife Federation Show at Washington, D.C. While he was at the capital he was permitted to a one-man show for members of Congress in the rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building. Raedeke has painted official duck stamps for the states of Georgia, Iowa and Kansas. He has been given Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year recognition in Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Ohio and Oklahoma. Anheuser-Busch recently commissioned Raedeke to paint the World Famous Budweiser Clydesdales in a wildlife setting. As a Life Sponsor of Ducks Unlimited, Raedeke has donated 63,000 prints and 131 original paintings which have generated approximately five million dollars for wetland restoration projects.
Artist Hometown: Nisswa, MN
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