As a fulltime carver, Ptashnik won over 30 Best in Show awards, including two for Life Size Decorative at the World Championships. He has been exhibited at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum for the “Birds in Art” exhibit, and eight times at the “American Bird Sculpture” exhibit at the Smithsonian. He taught bird carving at a fine arts college and held seminars both in Canada and the United States.
Robert Ptashnik
( - 1993) Ontario, Canada