About the Artist: Wayne A. Salge was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. In addition to serving in Vietnam, he has enjoyed several different occupations that include television art director, Army illustrator, advertising agency art director, freelance graphic designer and illustrator, painter working with oils and acrylics and sculptor in stone and bronze. Wayne attended San Antonio College and La Villita School of Art, both in San Antonio, Texas. He has also participated in bronze foundry and stone sculpture workshops in Denver and Golden, Colorado.
The Artist on His Art:
"My design style has been evident in my artwork from early years even in acrylic paintings, graphics and stone sculpture. Even though [the style] is recognizable, it is not easy to label or describe. If it were a painting, I would use the term impressionism. Sometimes the terminology stylized, modern or contemporary is used. It falls somewhere between realism and abstraction."
Education:
San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX La Villita School of Art, San Antonio, TX Bronze foundry workshop, Denver, CO Stone sculpture workshop, Golden, CO
Awards: 2007 Best Local Artist Award, 14th Annual Carmel Art Festival 2007 Southwest Art Magazine's Award of Excellence, California Art Club's 96th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of Art 2007 Irvin Museum Award of Excellence, Maui Plein Air Invitational 2006 Founders Award, Eiteljorg Museum’s "Quest for the West" Exhibition, Eiteljorg Museum of Art & History, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Best of Show and People's Choice Awards, “A Plein Air Affair 2006,” Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA 2005 Award of Excellence, OPA Western Regional Exhibition, Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 2005 People's Choice Award - “Northern Views: California Painting in the Plein Air Tradition," Napa Valley Museum 2005 Mayor's Choice Award, 12th Annual Carmel Art Festival 2005 Greenhouse Gallery Award of Excellence, Greenhouse Gallery Salon, San Antonio, TX 2005 Third Place Award, Bennington Center for the Arts Small Works Show, Bennington, VT 2004 Best of Show, San Louis Obispo Plein Air Paintout 2004 Award of Excellence and Top 50 Award, Greenhouse Gallery Salon 2004 Winner in Landscape Category, OPA National Exhibition, Howard Manderville Gallery, Kirkland, WA 2004 Artists’ Choice and People's Choice Awards, 11th Annual Carmel Art Festival 2003 Award of Excellence, RMPAP Estes Park, CO 2002 Third Place $ Peoples Choice Award, 9th Annual Carmel Art Festival 2001 Peoples Choice Award & Honorable Mention & Mayor's Choice Award, 8th Annual Carmel Art Festival 2000 Award of Excellence, Oil Painters of Americas National Exhibition, Carmel, CA 2000 Third Place & Peoples Choice Award, 7th Annual Carmel Art Festival
Solo Exhibitions: 2005 "Travels Abroad," Westbrook Gallery, Carmel, CA 2003-2006 "Our California," K Nathan Gallery, La Jolla, CA 2000 Bush Street Gallery, San Francisco 2000 "Plein Air California," California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco 1999 "California Impressions," Academy Gallery, San Francisco 1992-2000 San Francisco’s Open Studio Tours
Group Exhibitions:
2005 "Spring Encounters,” Old Mill Gallery, Pasadena, CA 2005 "Introductions,” Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX 2003 "Ode to San Diego and the Eucalyptus,” Old Mill Gallery, Pasedena, CA 2003 "Spring Salon," Edenhurst Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2003 "Indoor, Outdoor," MJW Gallery, Balboa Island, CA 2003 "Painting the Parks," Lochvale Fine Art, Estes Park, CO 2003 "The Changing Seasons,” Pitzer's of Carmel, Carmel, CA 2002 "Distant Shores," Garden Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA 2002 "The Main Event," Pitzers of Carmel 2002 "Boudoir Babes & Pickup Trucks," MJW Fine Art, Balboa Island, CA 2002 4th Annual California Landscape Exhibition, Garden Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA 2001 "The Big Picture," ArtHaus, San Francisco 2001 "Hidden Treasures," MJW Fine Art 2001 "Small Works," K Nathan Gallery, La Jolla, CA 2001 Northern California Painters Group, Pan Pacific Hotel, San Francisco 2001 7th San Juan Capistrano Paintout & Sale 2001 "Revelations," ArtHaus, San Francisco
2001 "Making Waves," ArtHaus, San Francisco 2001 "European Holliday," Garden Gallery, HMB 2000 "California the Beautiful," Garden Gallery, HMB 2000 "Making Time," ArtHaus, San Francisco 1994-2000 Faculty Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco
Exhibitions North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO Channel 6 Art Auction, Public Television, Denver, CO 2005 and 2006 : "Artist's Abroad" Bennington Center For the Arts, Bennington, VT 2004-2006 : Greenhouse Gallery Salon, San Antonio, TX 2005 and 2006 : "Love of the Land," Howard Manderville Gallery, Kirkland, WA 2006 and 2004 : OPA National Exhibition, Howard Manderfield Gallery, Kirkland, WA 2003 : OPA Miniature Show, Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 2003 : OPA 12th National Exhibition, Nichols Taos Fine Art Gallery, Taos, NM
2002-2004 : Artists for the New Century, Bennigan, VT 2002 : OPA 11th National Exhibition, Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, IL 2000-2006 : CAC Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena, CA 2001 : OPA 10th National Exhibition, Zantman Gallery, Palm Desert, CA 2000 : OPA 9th National Exhibition, Gallery Americana, Carmel, CA 2000 : San Diego Museum Of Art, Juried Exhibition. 1996-2000 : OPA Annual Exhibition, Taos, NM 1999 : Hudson Valley Art Assoc. 68th National Ex. Scarsdale, NY 1997-1999, 1994 & 1995: Yosemite Renaissance Exhibition, Visitors Center, Yosemite National Park 1997 and 1998 : Pastel Society of America, Annual Exhibition, New York, NY 1996 and 1998 : Pastel Society of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 1996 and 1997 : Dream Studio, Artists Magazine 1993 and 1994, 1996 and 1997 : Degas Pastel Society, New Orleans, LA 1995 and 1996 : Audubon Artists, National Art Club, New York, NY 1995 and 1996 : Pastel Society of the West Coast, Sacramento, CA 1995 and 1996 : Springfield Art League, Springfield, MA 1994-1996 : Akron Society of Artists, Grand Exhibition, Akron, OH 1993-1995 : National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society, Dunnegan Museum, Bolivar, MO 1993 and 1994 : New Orleans Fine Art Festival, World Trade Center, New Orleans, LA 1992-1994 : Midwest Pastel Society, Baltimore, MD
Plein Aire Events: 2007 : Maui Plein Air Invitational 1999-2007 : Carmel Art Festival, Carmel, CA 2002-2006 : San Louis Obispo Art Festival, San Louis Obispo, CA 2003 and 2004 : RMPAP Paint the Parks Competition, Estes Park, CO 2003 and 2004 : La Quinta Arts Festival, La Quinta, CA 2001-2003 : CAC Mission San Jaun Capistrano, MSJC, CA 2004 and 2005 : Telluride Plein Air, Telluride, CO 2003-2006 : Sonoma Plein Air, Sonoma, CA
Publications:
Feb 2005, Art News, Southwest Art Magazine March/April 2004, "I Need a Challenge," Art of the West Magazine 2004, "How did you paint that?" International Artists December 2003, American Artist Magazine July/Aug 2003, Art of the West Magazine June 2003, Cowboys and Indians Magazine June 2002, Coast Magazine May 2002, Southwest Art
Public & Corporate Collections:
Ritz Carlton Hotels Pacific Bell Stanford Medical Center McKesson Corp. AT&T Acorn Corp. The Inn at Torrey Pines
Affiliations: Oil Painters of America, Signature Member Northern California Painters Group, Signature Member California Art Club Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Conservancy Artist Group Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters Monterey County Artist's Equity
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