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New Developments
Grand Natural Products 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

Wayne, Susan and Keri 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.




Wayne and Susan 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

The Redbud TreeWe 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

Best in Show 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.



At DonaldsIn 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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