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June 2008
Showing his new “Signature Series” of trees (www.waynetrinklein.com), Wayne received first place in sculpture at the prestigious Arlington Heights, Illinois, Promenade of the Arts.
A new order form is published. Note that the distinction between “standard” and “premium” trees no longer exists. Over the past few years, we seem to have lost our ability to make a standard tree.
May 2008
We have moved to a new location with a new gallery and production studio in St Peters, Missouri just 10 minutes from our old place. More room, more trees, more birds and lakes. We would love to give you a tour. Check contact information for directions.
Wayne is getting married to Susan, the lovely girl who has frequently been trying to manage him for the past two years. She and Artistic Assistant, Keri, are frequently seen helping him at shows. See Pictures.
Recent awards and recognition
Leesburg Florida Fine Art Festival
March 2008 Buyers Club Award
Springfield Artfest on Walnut Street
May, 2008 Best of Show Award
Wayne is one of 100 artists selected from a panel of 1100 applicants to show at the nationally acclaimed Art on the Square in Belleville, Illinois on May 16-18th.
Check out the new Languid Lover and Dance Too Far at Woodland Grove Gallery, Long Grove, Illinois, or on www.waynetrinklein.com.
August 2007 Update
In the 20th annual, August 24-26, Midwest Salute to the Arts Festival in Fairview, Illinois, Trinklein was greatly honored to receive First Place Award for Sculpture, and a $1000 prize. His new "Signature Series" of trees were received with excitement by the judges. See www.waynetrinklein.com
From Sept 18-24th, Wayne and his staff will be Artists in Residence at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri, and give demonstrations daily on aspects of tree sculpture craftsmanship. Come and see him and other selected juried artists from Best of Missouri Hands.
August 2007
Wayne has introduced a new website, www.waynetrinklein.com. In this site you will find the very latest in signature trees showing bold new presentations of dramatic concepts. These trees have taken a leap of faith in design and new techniques to offer his very newest and best in museum quality sculptures.
In July,Trinklein won the Merit Award in Sculpture at the highly rated Arlington Heights Promanade of the Arts
January 2007
This was a banner year with Wayne gathering Best of Show or recognition awards at 5 events. The display and promotion has been upgraded and new production personnel have been added. We have worked very hard to keep up with demand, and develop new sculptural dimensions.
Springtime and Romance
 We are very excited to introduce a new line of trees at this time. These trees depict the color, excitement and romance of springtime. For the first time we have used colorful polymer resins to add florets and/or leaves to our traditionally fine sculptural trunk and branch detail. These trees are smaller and more dainty than our traditional tabletop line, but lack none of the exquisite attention to detail and naturalistic design. Early response indicates that these gems, mounted on semiprecious stones will warm the heart of your loved one. A parchment with poetic verse is provided with each tree. See these flowering trees on the Tree Pictures
page.
August 2006
In June, in a field of 85 artists from 12 states, Wayne
got the top Award of Excellence and $1000 prize at the Westport
Festival of Fine Arts held in St. Louis.
He will be the featured artist at the Alliance Art Gallery in
Hannibal, Missouri in September. His works will be shown alongside
of the watercolors of award winning, Brenda Beck Fisher.
Check out the new Vinegate sculpture,
a romantic rendition of the gateway to the vineyard experience.
Included is an option for a custom made photo or logo plaque
of your design, hanging in the gate.
December 2005
New trees available:
The Bristlecone Pine, a sparsely leafed antiquarian.
The Ginkgo is the modern day dinosaur from a prehistoric era.
Awards and Publicity
In June 2005, Trinklein won first place in 3 Dimensional
Art at the Hannibal Rivers Arts Festival. In September, he returned
to the show of 100+ artists, and crowds of 60,000 to win the
Best of Show award.
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October, Wayne did an artist in residence at Donalds, a new
large gallery in Appleton where he was featured under a replica
of the Hindenburg.
Sales have been extraordinary, with Morton Arboretum in Lisle,
Illinois taking delivery of three orders totaling 37 trees this
fall.
July 2005
Decorative trees are a new addition to our line. These
trees are slightly smaller that our tabletop size, but are finely
detailed. They are mounted on a showy rock of green peridot
or green quartz. (You can specify the rock or we will choose
for you.) These trees are finished with a green patina at the
terminal branches to give an overall green coordinated color
to the sculpture. Although more showy and colorful than the
standard line, these trees still have a natural, believable
appearance of a living tree.
February 2005
Our business continues to grow, there has been no recession
for us. We are blessed with so many reorders that we have had
to curtail our shows. We have moved to
a new studio, bigger, brighter, better ventilated and
easy to get to. We are very happy for
your business, and love making trees.
For years, people have asked about weathering of the trees outdoors.
We have developed a chemical patina option
which quickly gets your tree to look like it has been in the
rain for a long time. Some even like it on indoor trees. It
looks particularly authentic on the conifers. We charge
an extra $10 per tree for the treatment if you specify it.
New trees available. Some "exotic"
trees are being more commonly requested.
- The spreading Banyan tree, with
multiple trunks, and adventitious roots.
- The Bald Cypress with its tall
fluted trunk and knee roots rising out of the water at the edge
of a shallow bay/swamp.
- The Weeping Willow with its
languidly drooping branches, sometimes at water's edge.
These trees can be made with a special request. Contact
us.
Premium trees are offered to the
most discriminating customers. Though we make all our trees
to be beautiful, we select out specimens which we judge outstanding
because of dramatic presentation, and esthetic appeal. These
trees are taken from standard production and finished with extra
care, and given a numbered embossed seal on the underside to
label them as our very finest.
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