Wayland House Wayland House
Fayetteville, NC
Education: B.A. degree, Avila University, Kansas City, MO., MFA degree, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Received a study grant in printmaking from the university of Memphis, Memphis, TN, on location at the University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. I learned the woodblock print technique from that experience. Artistic Technique: The creation of hand rubbed limited edition woodblock prints. Each image is hand carved from walnut veneer plywood.
Every print is hand rubbed & hand printed on Asian print paper.
Selected Awards & Exhibitions:
Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, 1st Place Graphics, New York City, 2005
Detroit Festival of The Arts, Arthur L. Johnson Excellence Award, Detroit MI, 2008
Stockley Gardens Arts Festival, Award of Merit, & Mayors Award, Norfolk, VA 2010 & 2016
2011 Southwest Arts Festival, Award of Merit, Indio, CA, 2011
International Folk Festival, Best In Show, Fayetteville, NC, 2012, 2014, & 2015
Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Festival, Jerry Miller Artist Award, Cary, NC, 2017
Art In Autumn, Honorable Mention, Weaverville, NC, 2018, 1019, 2021. Best In Show, 2023
Kings Drive Art Walk, 2015 through 2023
“The wood grain in the master plate gives my art its uniqueness in color variations & print quality”.
The creation of the mixed media technique of producing, one of a kind woodblock print collage & cut-outs,
on abstract watercolor background field of color.