| Artist Bio: David Wade is one of the country’s most popular and successful Western wildlife artists. He has liked to draw animals since he was a child, and as a teen, even went to zoos to draw animals. However, he now paints mostly big game and has been a full-time artist for 20 years. The inspiration for his paintings is the animals themselves, which he observes in their own environment. Although raised in a hunting family, Dave now carries a camera when he hunts, taking pictures of big game in its natural settings. Because of his interest in wildlife, he supports many conservation organizations.
David Wade attended school at the Los Angeles Art Center and at the University of Utah. As an artist, he is noted for his outstanding ability to translate visual light into paint. Although best known for his paintings of elk and other big game, Wade has recently expanded his repertoire to include swans, geese, ptarmigan, bears, and other birds and animals. He does paint a few landscapes, but they always include animals.
His work has been included in many big national shows, and he has won several awards, including two awards in the most recent “Arts For The Parks” competition. He also has won the Wyoming game license stamp competition four times. These stamps are placed on all game licenses and prints of the stamps made and sold. His illustrations appear in several books and in magazines such as Outdoor Life. Dave Wade and his work were featured in an article in the February 2002 issue of Art Of The West magazine. Wade sells his work through the Wilcox Gallery in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and the Taminah Gallery in Park City, Utah.
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