REBEKAH KNIGHT
Drawing animals has always been an impulse or me. It’s been my pastime of choice for as long as I can remember, as much of my time was spent exploring the outdoors as a child and learned to care for a variety of pets and livestock. Because I was exposed to fishing and hunting at an early age, I developed great sense of responsibility to care for and conserve both habitat and wildlife, and learned to appreciate our country’s model of conservation. I knew I wanted wildlife art to be my profession when my painting of a redhead drake won the 2006-2007 Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest when I was 15 years old. I still continue to enter the Federal Duck Stamp Contest each year. The program has greatly expanded my knowledge and appreciation of waterfowl and wildlife conservation. My work has had the honor of being featured on the Nevada State Duck Stamp, the National Duck Stamp Collectors Society Stamp for multiple years, and has placed second in the Federal Duck Stamp contest twice. I have also had the privilege of being a featured artist in the 2016 film The Million Dollar Duck (which aired on Animal Planet ), a suspenseful feature length documentary about the unique world behind the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, directed and produced by Brian Golden Davis.
Since my early involvement in conservation stamp programs and through numerous connections with other artists, photographers, hunters and outdoor enthusiasts, my scope has broadened to all kinds of wildlife from around the world. One of my first honors was being juried into the Society of Animal Artists, along with receiving the Roger Tory Peterson Institute Award of Excellence in 2019. Other honors include multiple Society of Animal Artists museum exhibitions, becoming a finalist for the 2021 & 2024 David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Wildlife Artist of the Year, and inclusion into the into the prestigious Birds In Art exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson art museum in Wausau, Wisconsin in 2024 & 2025. Currently I show my work at the Easton Waterfowl Festival and the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition. I also have an increasing amount of work available through other shows, including Mountain Oyster Club Contemporary Art Show and Sale, Settler’s West Galleries shows, and Legacy Gallery‘s Annual Small Works Show.
