Wayne King

Wayne D. King is an accomplished photographer and imaginative artist. His work can be found in the collections of a broad range of people including Livingston Taylor, Koko Taylor, Richard Merritt, Bill Bradley, W. Richard West Jr, Bruce Babbitt, Bill Clinton, Adhiambo Odaga, Bill Russell, Valerie Jarrett, James West, and others. His images are a celebration of life, blending the real and the surreal to achieve a sense of place or time that reaches beyond the moment into what he calls "a dreamlike quintessentialism" designed to spark an emotional response. Using digital enhancement, handcrafting, painting, and sometimes even straight photography, King takes the viewer to a place that is beyond simple truth to where truth meets passion, hope, and dreams.



Website:
Fine Art America
.html
Red Bubble:

King studied photography under Richard Merritt at the University of New Hampshire. UNH had only a few photography classes but in those heady days, Richard Merritt worked with a small and dedicated group of photographers who would become some of today's finest photographers: Edward Acker III, Steve Bliss, Christopher Polydoroff, Casey MacNamara, Hannah Stutz, and others.

King holds a BS Degree in Environmental Conservation and a Masters Degree in Earth and Space Science Education from the University of New Hampshire, Durham, from which he received a Distinguished Alumnus award in 1994. 

A three-term former State Senator from New Hampshire, Wayne King was the 1994 Democratic nominee for Governor. King is also the founder of The Electronic Community, a group of social entrepreneurs working on social and development issues in Africa.

1980 Boston Globe Annual Photography Contest, Honorable Mention - Michigan Washline
1982 New Hampshire Arts Association Juried Exposition: On the Vineyard
1995 Fisher Gallery, Plymouth, NH One Man Show “The World I See”
1997 Tilton Gallery, Invitational Show of Five Artists
2013 Selected for Conservation Artist Award
2014 Visiting Artist - Artistic Roots Gallery, Plymouth, NH
2014 “Coming About”, International Exhibition; CHANCERY ART GALLERY, Bracebridge, ON, CANADA; Images: Mallet’s Bay Panorama, Sailors Return
2014 Third Coast Annual National Art Competition, K Space Contemporary Gallery, Corpus Christie, TX;
2014 Best of Show, Bronze award, NH Arts Association Juried Show, Sunapee “I See the Way”
2015 Juried Show, National, “Food For Thought” Dehn Gallery, Manchester, CT 06040; Image: Painted Fungus image
2015 Juried Show, National, Linus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Juried Show, Regional, “Healing with Art”: Friends of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Manchester & Lebanon, NH; Images: Raining Umbrellas, Joy in the Splash Zone.
2016 One Man Show, "Motion, Moments, Movements & Mindscapes - Gathering Around the Hearth of Our Lives", Regional, Dartmouth Hitchcock Memorial Hospital,
2016 Juried Show, Regional, "Focu...