City Art Gallery Wayne Trapp, abstract oil painting, abstract painter, abstract expressionism


*They Love to Tango* Oil on Paper 40" x 32" $1500 framed	*Untitled* Oil on Paper 32" x 27" $1200 framed

*Circus Games* Oil on Paper 22" x 22" $950 framed	*Odyessey of the Mind* Oil on Canvas 36" x 36" $3600 framed

*The Tango* Oil on Canvas 48" x 48" $6000 framed SOLD!	*The Bay Bridge* Oil on Canvas 30" x 30" $1800 framed SOLD!

*Saturday Night at the Circus* Oil on Canvas 40" x 40" $4500 framed	*Simply Baroque* Oil on Canvas 36" x 24" $3500 framed

*Single Bust Drawing* India Ink on Paper 22 3/4" x 31" framed $1000 framed	*Double Figure Bust Drawing* India Ink on Paper 31 3/4" x 27" framed $1200 framed

*Matching Figure I* India Ink on Paper 22.5" x 28.5" framed $1200 framed	*Matching Figure II* India Ink on Paper 22.5" x 28.5" framed $1200 framed
*Tripple Bust Drawing* India Ink on Paper 27.75" x 29.5" framed $1150 framed

Wayne Trapp

Press Release

In a man's soul there exists a thirst for all that is beauty and for that which brings rapture. For celebrated artist Wayne Trapp, beauty and rapture are inherent primal needs and life itself is an elevated art form.

Here is a man who lives within the timbers he's raised, walks upon the planks he's laid, and gazes outward toward the plants he's seeded. This essential drive to spawn has led to a lifetime of contemplating, coaxing, and creating a multitude of sculptures. And as if stone and steel weren't enough to satisfy, brush and canvas just might.

The year 2004 has been a prolific one for Trapp, with monumental sculpture installations completed in Florida, Ohio, Charlotte, and Atlanta, and one man shows spanning the year along with ongoing representation at six notable galleries across the Southeast. In this collection, Trapp will present recent works in stone and metal created simultaneously with abstractions on canvas. Pedestal pieces in marble, bronze and alabaster reflect the incongruous feat of a chisel creating soft curves and gentle undulations.

Trapp's oils nearly dance off the canvas in bold, primary colors. Depth and texture are created as the artist applies brushwork in layer upon layer, scraping with a palette knife to reveal underlying hues. Overall figuration turns into visual messages that seem to beat rapidly in primitive song.