Wayne Vickers (b. 1976, Whakatāne)
There's an explorer etched deep in Wayne Vickers' soul; a pioneering spirit imbued with an unceasing search for beauty and mastery.
His art captures this passion. New Zealand is his playground, where soaring scenery mingles with jaw-dropping light and vistas. As an avid tramper and outdoorsman, Wayne not only captures the beauty of the New Zealand backcountry but the rich, varied moods and nuances. Lean in closer to his work and you can almost smell his deep inhalation of the rain-soaked leaf-litter under the forest canopy. You can nearly feel the salt-laden spray of an imploding wave buffeting his bearded cheek.
Wayne prepares to start work on another beautiful New Zealand Oil Landscape. With such beautiful scenery to draw inspiration from, how can you not?…
As the explorer gives way to the artist, however, Wayne's signature is exposed, one brushstroke at a time.
Light tones are applied thick. Dark tones glazed flat. Pigments, painstakingly mixed and blended, become nature itself.
Each mark of paint on canvas is not only a relentless pursuit of depth and detail but evidence of the hand creating an ever-evolving surface.
The artist's signature is revealed with the delivery of every stroke. This is the magic of the process, and of the paintings Wayne loves to create.
A mountain range begins to take form in this picturesque New Zealand Landscape painting. Mentored by some of New Zealand’s great landscape artists, Wayne has a natural ability which will continue to grow and develop each year through his love and passion of paint and canvas, combined with what is quintessentially New Zealand – our back-country landscape.
Wayne's work is held in private collections throughout the world. Wayne continues to paint from his studio in Papamoa, NZ