Wayne Wilson - Artwork and Travel Journals
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Wayne Wilson - Artwork and Travel Journals
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A tiny watercolor vignette of a Hibiscus. ❤

Often I find myself trying to distil something down to as few lines as possible…find the essence so to speak. A fun exercise.
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#flower #flowerart #hibiscus #redflower #watercolorflower
I think this is one of the simplest little watercolours I’ve done.
Trying to capture the almost crepe-like texture of the poppy petals that I remember as a child in our front garden. ❤
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#poppy #flower #watercolorflower #flowerart
On its way to its new home. 🙂
This was an interesting commission - for folks who like hiking and the northern wilderness.

Watercolour painted onto a BC topographic map.
This piece measures about 6”x16” 🙂 ❤

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#watercolor #painting #map #story
Watercolor painted on a sheet taken of an issue of the Illustrated Magazine of Art, 1853/54.
I took a sheet from the magazine and simply painted the chrysalis overtop of the original lithograph images of moths and butterflies.
Sort of a New Meets Old with ephemera art. 🙂

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Some of the Fly Fishing watercolour work I’ve been doing - all painted onto old B.C. topographic maps - an illustration of your favourite fishing spots…complete with your favourite fishing fly patterns.

(DM me to get your favourite lake/fly pattern painted for Christmas)

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Puffer fish painted onto an old West Coast navigation chart.
…now, I’m not sure we actaully get puffer fish off B.C.’s west coast…but then, this is art and imagination!
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Little watercolour vignettes painted on some watercolour paper that I ran through the press to get a kind of embossed look and feel.
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My protest - against the big Card companies - and no lousy poem inside - you write your own lousy poem! ❤
Watercolour Art Cards.

I use offcuts of watercolour paper instead of tossing it away.

We all need cards from time-to-time, so buy local Art Cards…it’s good for everyone when you do! ❤
Working to come up with a new way to market the original watercolour Bookmarks I’ve been painting for the Vernon Art Show coming up Nov. 19 - Dec. 24th.
If you know some of my more recent work with old topographic maps…you’ll get the connection. 🙂 ❤

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CHRISTMAS IS COMING - there may be someone who’d love a unique watercolour piece on an old B.C. Topo Map - family campsite, favourite fishlake, memorable hiking trail…

I have time to paint a few of these in time for Christmas - DM if this is on your ‘Christmas List’! ❤

This is the Nicola area
Off to its new home. <3
Williams Lake, BC
West of the town with its stunning Open Parkland vegetation.

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#map #maps #mapillustration #mapart #topographic #topographicmap
I’ve been painting on B.C topo maps a lot, I’ve also been dabbling more into west coast navigation charts. 🙂
One trick is that you have to use older Nav charts - the recent ones are a new kind of plasticized paper it seems.
The old scruffy ones have more character too. 🙂 ❤
These are about 5”x7”
Elementary School, my kids had great trips to Silver Lake behind Peachland…great intro to wilderness/fishing.
Staggering how few kids ‘get out there’ for something like this
Do something rich/fun/memorable with your kids: camping/fishing - they will love you even more!
Watercolour on BC topo map🙂 ❤
Working on some smaller watercolour pieces (5”x7” - ish) using pieces of old B.C. topographic maps.

This is the Kamloops area just a bit north and west of my home, and it’s a beautiful ‘Open Parkland’ dry vegetation landscape - lots of Ponderosa Pine, Interior Douglas Fir and Bunchgrass.
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A new pair of the flower series I’ll be launching at ArtWalk Sept. 6-7. 🙂
There’s a unique drama in these Echinacea-style flowers that bloom across the sheet of paper, and I love how they come to life as I add the India Ink.

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When I was a kid walking to school, I was always struck by the brightness of California poppies. They stood out so starkly against the scrubby and dusty growth on the side of the road.
I still love them today.
Another pair of watercolour pieces in the series I’m doing for an upcoming show. 🙂 ❤
Spout Lake is deep in the wilderness of the B.C.’s interior.
Childhood memories of fly patterns sort of based on: L-R
- Green Sedge
- 52 Buick
- Pumpkinhead
Watercolour on an old B.C. Topographic map. 🙂

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#fishing #flyfishing #flyfishingaddict #flyfishingworld
Another pair in my new series…chrysanthemum-like flowers in watercolour.

One of my great uncles was a founding member of the Point Grey Chrysanthemum Society - his garden was stunning, and to this day I recall the cacophony of colour that greeted every visit!
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Working on a new watercolour flower series for a show in early September…thinking I should do the pieces in pairs. 🙂
Stylized…sort of like an Echinacea type flower….but mostly out of my head. 🙂

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#watercolourflower #flowerart #flowerpainting #flower #flowers #bcartist
So many good and deep and personal reasons to keep a Travel Journal…and I can help you get started!
(…and…it’s a lot of fun!) 🙂

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ARTWALK is coming Sept. 6-7 in Lake Country…

…and I’ve been working on a new release for the occasion.
This will be a series of special watercolour flowers to brighten your room!

I’ll tease you with more over the next while! 🙂 ❤

#artwalk #lcartwalk #watercolour #flowers