"Internationally known as one of the world's foremost painters of wildlife, Les Kouba's deep understanding of the subject stems from his youth on a Minnesota farm. Impressed by the beauty of nature at an early age, he was afforded ample opportunity to observe and study fish and wildlife in their natural habitat.
At 14, Les supplemented his natural artistic talent with a correspondence school art course. The guidance of professional art instruction was invaluable in helping develop his own unusual technique which immediately identifies his work; his exciting oils and dynamic watercolors are known worldwide and reputed to be some of the most authentic portraits of wildlife in existence.
In addition, Les Kouba's work has appeared on the covers of many national magazines, as illustrations for outdoor books, and he is nationally known as an award winning wildlife artist. He has gained fame as the designer of Federal Duck Stamps, having won the competition over and over again, and he was recently chosen as the American Striped Bass Society Artist of the Year.
Les supports such national conservation oriented organizations like Ducks Unlimited and the American Striped Bass Society. Les says, ""Wildlife has been good to me...I want to be good to them."""
