Ralph Douglas Scharff ( 1922 - 1993 ) was an American painter. Ralph Douglas Scharff s works have been put up for auction numerous times, with realized prices varying from 350 USD for canvasback ducks flying past a jetty in a storm in 2010 to 400 USD for Delaware Bay fall landscape with Canadian geese coming in for a landing in 2010 , based on the size and medium of the artwork.