For the fourth time, a Plymouth artist has captured the national honor of having his painting made into duck stamp.

Joseph Hautman won the 2011 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with his acrylic painting of a wood duck, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Saturday.

Hautman's previous paintings appeared on the 1992-93, 2002-03 and 2008-09 federal duck stamps.

His latest wood duck painting will be made into the 2012-13 federal duck stamp, which will go on sale in late June 2012, said Director Dan Ashe at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, W. Va., during the annual art competition this weekend.

The Fish and Wildlife Service produces the federal duck stamp. It sells for $15 and raises about $25 million each year to provide crucial funds to conserve wetlands, to benefit wildlife and for people to enjoy.

Hautman won first place out of 190 entries -- and the competition began right in his own family.

"I wasn't too nervous to begin with," Hautman said. But, he added, as soon as his brother Bob entered his painting, Joe felt the itch to win.

Bob Hautman won the federal duck stamp contest in 1996 and 2000. And their brother Jim is the current federal duck stamp artist, having won the 2010 contest and three previous contests. Among them, the three brothers have won the contest 10 times.