Turning decoys into works of art

Bill Koelpin, Jr., didn’t have to look hard to find a little artistic inspiration. All he had to do was ask his father, Bill Sr. “My father was a world-champion carver, painter, and bronze sculptor,” Koelpin said while standing next to his artwork at the Wisconsin Decoy and Sporting Collectibles Show, held March 10-11 in Oshkosh. “He started as a duck carver, then he went into painting, and he’s well-known for his prints.”