Wayne Wilson - Artwork and Travel Journals
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Wayne Wilson - Artwork and Travel Journals
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I work with anyone interested in keeping a wonderful Travel Journal that captures your epic memories when you’re ’on the road’.
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Off to its new home

A fun/challenging commission - watercolour on an old topographic map of the BC/Alberta border area.
The client’s favourite hiking area with a bit landscape and a Mountain Aven flower on the side.

Where is your favourite bit of wilderness, cabin, hiking trail, canoe route…?
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A little fly Fishing art for Christmas…

Postill Lake, BC

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December 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A little Fly Fishing art for Christmas…

Darke Lake, BC

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December 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A little fly Fishing art for Christmas…

Jackpine Lake, BC

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December 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A little fly Fishing art for Christmas…

Peachland Lake, BC

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December 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A little fly Fishing art for Christmas…

Lambly (Bear) Lake, BC

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December 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Imagine this…
You’re about to walk out the door to visit friends and find yourself saying…’I wish I had a card to take along.’
Here’s your chance for me to save your bacon! ❤ 🙂
These are all hand-painted Art Cards to meet every occasion - and …I haven’t written lousy poems on the inside! 🙂
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A tiny watercolor vignette of a Hibiscus. ❤

Often I find myself trying to distil something down to as few lines as possible…find the essence so to speak. A fun exercise.
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#flower #flowerart #hibiscus #redflower #watercolorflower
October 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Sometimes it feels like juts a random sketch day…
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#sketch #sketching #sketchbook #jellyfish #fullcurl #random
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I think this is one of the simplest little watercolours I’ve done.
Trying to capture the almost crepe-like texture of the poppy petals that I remember as a child in our front garden. ❤
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#poppy #flower #watercolorflower #flowerart
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
On its way to its new home. 🙂
This was an interesting commission - for folks who like hiking and the northern wilderness.

Watercolour painted onto a BC topographic map.
This piece measures about 6”x16” 🙂 ❤

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#watercolor #painting #map #story
October 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Watercolor painted on a sheet taken of an issue of the Illustrated Magazine of Art, 1853/54.
I took a sheet from the magazine and simply painted the chrysalis overtop of the original lithograph images of moths and butterflies.
Sort of a New Meets Old with ephemera art. 🙂

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October 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Some of the Fly Fishing watercolour work I’ve been doing - all painted onto old B.C. topographic maps - an illustration of your favourite fishing spots…complete with your favourite fishing fly patterns.

(DM me to get your favourite lake/fly pattern painted for Christmas)

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October 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Puffer fish painted onto an old West Coast navigation chart.
…now, I’m not sure we actaully get puffer fish off B.C.’s west coast…but then, this is art and imagination!
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October 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Little watercolour vignettes painted on some watercolour paper that I ran through the press to get a kind of embossed look and feel.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
My protest - against the big Card companies - and no lousy poem inside - you write your own lousy poem! ❤
Watercolour Art Cards.

I use offcuts of watercolour paper instead of tossing it away.

We all need cards from time-to-time, so buy local Art Cards…it’s good for everyone when you do! ❤
October 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Working to come up with a new way to market the original watercolour Bookmarks I’ve been painting for the Vernon Art Show coming up Nov. 19 - Dec. 24th.
If you know some of my more recent work with old topographic maps…you’ll get the connection. 🙂 ❤

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October 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
CHRISTMAS IS COMING - there may be someone who’d love a unique watercolour piece on an old B.C. Topo Map - family campsite, favourite fishlake, memorable hiking trail…

I have time to paint a few of these in time for Christmas - DM if this is on your ‘Christmas List’! ❤

This is the Nicola area
September 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Off to its new home. <3
Williams Lake, BC
West of the town with its stunning Open Parkland vegetation.

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#map #maps #mapillustration #mapart #topographic #topographicmap
September 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I’ve been painting on B.C topo maps a lot, I’ve also been dabbling more into west coast navigation charts. 🙂
One trick is that you have to use older Nav charts - the recent ones are a new kind of plasticized paper it seems.
The old scruffy ones have more character too. 🙂 ❤
These are about 5”x7”
August 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Elementary School, my kids had great trips to Silver Lake behind Peachland…great intro to wilderness/fishing.
Staggering how few kids ‘get out there’ for something like this
Do something rich/fun/memorable with your kids: camping/fishing - they will love you even more!
Watercolour on BC topo map🙂 ❤
August 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Working on some smaller watercolour pieces (5”x7” - ish) using pieces of old B.C. topographic maps.

This is the Kamloops area just a bit north and west of my home, and it’s a beautiful ‘Open Parkland’ dry vegetation landscape - lots of Ponderosa Pine, Interior Douglas Fir and Bunchgrass.
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August 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A new pair of the flower series I’ll be launching at ArtWalk Sept. 6-7. 🙂
There’s a unique drama in these Echinacea-style flowers that bloom across the sheet of paper, and I love how they come to life as I add the India Ink.

🙂 ❤

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August 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
When I was a kid walking to school, I was always struck by the brightness of California poppies. They stood out so starkly against the scrubby and dusty growth on the side of the road.
I still love them today.
Another pair of watercolour pieces in the series I’m doing for an upcoming show. 🙂 ❤
August 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Spout Lake is deep in the wilderness of the B.C.’s interior.
Childhood memories of fly patterns sort of based on: L-R
- Green Sedge
- 52 Buick
- Pumpkinhead
Watercolour on an old B.C. Topographic map. 🙂

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#fishing #flyfishing #flyfishingaddict #flyfishingworld
August 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM