New Orleans Walker Etching "Wayne Mann"

Hello truth friends Collectors Community, 13-09-2018------12:30AM
I found this Etching on a yard sale last week end, Abstract scene from New Orleans depicted "The Walker" numeral 4 of 20, I LOVE ETCHING WITH VERY LOW edition, they are way more valuable.
The previous owner confess to me that Artwork was give away only to the family members, because he really don't like it, he just get rid of it, I have this piece for very cheap price.

This Etching is 12.50 inches by 10.50 inches.

Many thanks for Looking.
Alan

Wayne Mann was born in Brantford, Ontario in 1948. He studied art at the University of Windsor in Ontario and in 1974 received his Master of Fine Arts in printmaking from Tulane University in New Orleans. From 1975 to 1979 Wayne taught visual arts and lectured at the Art Gallery of Ontario. During this time he developed his painting skills in landscape, interiors and commission portraiture, which led to an Ontario Arts Council Grant to study Pre-Raphaelite painting technique with David L. Smith in London England.

In 1980 Wayne worked part time at the CBC Scenic Art Department. The experience of working on film sets and large scale backdrops led to an interest in mural painting. That same year Wayne started an interiors’ special-painting business Kurtz Mann Inc., with Lisa Kurtz. Kurtz Mann Inc. specialized in painting and finishing techniques and materials. The firm created commissioned art, furniture and environments, executing large scale artworks in Canada, USA, Bermuda, Turkey, Portugal, Brazil and Japan. The company closed in 1999.

In 2000 Wayne began a new venture called Lining Arts Inc. Lining Arts Inc. is a multi-disciplinary artistic studio that collaborates with architects, designers and general contractors in such diverse fields as health care, hospitality and entertainment, commercial and residential projects ranging in size from a single piece of furniture to 2,600 metres square. They have worked with clients in Canada, USA, Asia, South America and Europe.

Wayne Mann on his artistic style: “Since 1980 I have been involved in custom sculpture, wall finishes, furniture and murals. Inventing special wall finishes grew out of the murals and they have expanded the palette with which I am able to work and also providing an opportunity to work with and maintain a professional staff of gifted artists with whom to collaborate. Furniture is sculpture and a painting; a painting is a surface with a special finish. In art you create a concept, image and technique (surface).”