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Wayne was born in Toronto
in 1961. He is a self-taught artist who began drawing at an early age.
In 1983, he attended Humber College Graphic Design Program. After
graduating in 1985, Wayne worked as a graphic artist for a few years. In
1988, he began painting full time, and has done various commercial work,
including novel covers, book illustrations and other advertisements. |
Wayne published his
first limited edition reproduction in 1988, entitled "Reflections of the
Past". This painting portrays the historic steamship "R.M.S. Segwun".
Reflected in the water of the painting, is an older image from the
ship's past.
Most of Wayne's paintings are done with acrylics, although he sometimes
uses oils, watercolours or gouache. Wayne paints various sized works
mostly on canvas, masonite or illustration board. |
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His subject matter
covers a wide variety of areas, as seen in his painting "Toronto St.".
This collage was done in acrylics on canvas and was published as a
poster. It shows many different Toronto area scenes, including
landscapes, cityscapes, wildlife, and various transportation vehicles.
As Wayne comments; "That
painting took quite a while to finish. There was a lot of lettering
involved, as well as the placement and design of the images. It's
basically a group of small, detailed paintings incorporated onto one
large canvas." |
Another
artistic project Wayne was involved in, was the "Moose in the City"
project, in the summer of 2000. He drew the original sketches for the
two moose poses. Sculptors then used the drawings as a basis for their
rendition of the moose. Wayne also painted the artwork on the original
moose sculptures (as seen in the image above), which are now on display
at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
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