Jeffrey Hoff Wall Art

Jeffery Hoff is an American wildlife artist who specializes in animal paintings. Born and raised in North Dakota, he developed a passion for wildlife while studying different species of waterfowl around the Devils Lake. His talent in painting captured the attention a friend who inspired him to pursue it as a career. Hoff’s other inspiration came from his surroundings. In 1997, he was convinced by the friend to join a Duck Stamp painting competition which he did well as a first time participant. He presented hooded mergansers at his first event in the Nevada Duck Stamp contest which earned him a fifth position out of a total of sixty seven entries in the entire country. As an amateur in the painting competitions, this was actually a good performance and a morale booster as an aspiring artist. Hoff continued sharpening his skills in painting and later on decided to give the painting competition another shot. In 2002, he again signed up for the Nevada Duck Stamp competition and emerged as the winner of the contest with a presentation of Cinnamon Teal. In just his second attempt he was able to beat thirty five other talented painters from all the parts of the country. Getting his first award did not slow down Hoff at all but instead gave him the spirit of competition in him. Before winning the Nevada Duck Stump competition, Hoff had been crowned the Northern Lights Council Boy Scouts and North Dakota Ducks Artist of the year in 2001 and 1999 respectively. He has seen the since then won awards in almost all the painting competitions that he participated in.