Cloquet artist Stuart Nelson's painting of a rainbow trout rising to mayfly has won the DNR's 2014 Trout Stamp.
Cloquet artist wins 2014 trout stamp
Painting selected from 13 submissions.
August 14, 2013 at 5:59AM
The painting was one of 13 submissions.
Nelson also won the 1999 trout stamp contest with a painting of a brook trout but hadn't't submitted an entry since.
Other finalists were: Stephen Hamrik of Lakeville, second place; Nicholas Markell of Hugo, third place; and Timothy Turenne of Richfield, fourth place.
The five judges this year were Amy Beyer, DNR creative services graphic designer; Ron Anderson, Outdoor News graphic designer; Bruce Vondracek, University of Minnesota professor; Mark Johnson, Twin Cities Trout Unlimited Chapter president; and Davin Brandt, director of Minnesota Steelheader.
The DNR offers no prizes for the stamp contest winner, but the artist retains the right to reproduce the work
These species are eligible for the 2015 stamp: brook, brown, splake and lake trout, coho, pink, Chinook and Atlantic salmon.
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