Wayne E. Wolfe Born: 1944 or 1945 - Kansas City, Missouri Known for Mountain landscape and western genre painting. American Painter Wayne Wolfe was born in Kansas City, and graduated from the University of Kansas with a journalism degree. His exposure to art began in childhood with his father, Byron Wolfe, who was an early member of the Cowboy Artists of America. Wayne was awarded the coveted "Prix de West" award the from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Center in 1982 for his painting "Antlers in the Aspen" a similar painting of a herd of Elk in the snow. Wolfe studied with Robert Lougheed in Santa Fe and apprenticed with him for six years. Lougheed insisted that he learned the language of nature by painting landscapes on location in order to see the best value, color and edges. While in Santa Fe, Wayne also studied with Tom Lovell to learn about line, mass and anatomy.