Miss Mallard was quite the undertaking for me at the time I chose to paint her. The beautiful Montana fall colors were surrounding a small pond in a park downtown Kalispell. I was just observing the ducks as I saw her appear out from under a cloud of yellow and gold leaves. As she trailed her bill in the water, she left a small wake that barely separated her from her reflection in the water. I used acrylics on gesso board to paint her. I spent 6 months perfecting her feather by feather, twice!