Dwayne Harty

Dwayne Harty (born May 23, 1957) is an American-Canadian wildlife and landscape painter.

Harty has over 30 years of experience and has been called one of the best Canadian contemporary wildlife painters.

Harty works out of his studio in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Harty is a co-founder of the "Animal Art in the Park" exhibition, which is a wildlife art exhibition held annually in Algonquin Park Harty continues to teacher newer artists in the fall at the tanamakoon fall art program.

Harty was born in the small prairie town of Shaunavon, Saskatchewan in 1957.

Harty first started drawing wildlife on the prairies at the age of 3 years old.

His family moved to Regina, Saskatchewan by the time he entered kindergarten.

In his teens, Dwayne attended Campion High School.

By 18 years old Harty was committed to developing his skill as an artists.

To achieve this goal he began working with Clarence Tillenius at the Okanagan Summer School of the Arts during his summers.

The rest of his year was spent in Santa Fe, New Mexico working with Robert Lougheed.

With the exception of the 2 years Dwayne spent in New York, he maintained this training for eight years.

At the age of 20 Harty moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League of New York.

Harty's teachers at the Art Students League of New York included; Steven Kidd, David Leffel, Thomas Fogarty Jr., Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle.

While in New York, Dwayne had the chance to meet the then Dean of the American animal artists, Paul Bransom.

At age 27, Harty attended a Bob Kuhn Workshop in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, which would become Harty's home about 20 years later.

In 2012, Harty was commissioned to join the "Yellowstone to Yukon: the Journey of Wildlife and Art" exhibition by the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative.

As part of this exhibition, Harty spent 3 years exploring some of the most remote parts of North America by horseback, truck, raft, and helicopter.

Throughout this journey, Harty was able to produce a wealth of paintings, some of which were later displayed as part of the exhibit, while at least one painting was not seen publicly but was added to the private collection of Ted Turner.

National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America

'Pika'

'Blackfooted Ferret'

Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta, Canada

'Mountain Goats'

'Lake McArthur'

Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, New Jersey, United States of America

'Algonquin Wolves'

'Evening Chorus'

'Canada Geess'

'Swans on the New Jersey Shore'

'Mountain Goat'

'River Otter'

'Study for "River Otter," Pencil on paper'

'Snowshoe Hare'

'Grizzly Bear'

Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

A series of 58 drawings of the squirrels of North America for the book 'The squirrels of Canada' by Shirley E. Woods held in the Library.

Shurniak Fine Art Museum, Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada

'Before the Fire'

Salmagundi Club, New York, New York, United States of America