Wayne Thiebaud

Use kitchen ingredients for this puffy paint recipe to paint a cupcake inspired by artist Wayne Thiebaud

While most people half his age are searching for their car keys, Wayne Thiebaud, now 93, peppers conversations with literary references and recalls in

Artist Wayne Thiebaud donated a painting and a group of six prints to Laguna Art Museum, which presented him the museum’s California Art Award at a gala dinner last Saturday, Oct. 12. The award recognizes the extraordinary part he has played in raising the reputation and appreciation of California art, nationally and internationally. It was […]

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I quite enjoyed the Wayne Thiebaud: Paintings and Drawings show which I went to go see at SFMOMA the other day with a group of my coworker pals. Here are a few of the things I liked best. Another Friday I'll tell you about his other adjacent Artist's Choice show.

Two Flavours (Ice Cream Cone) (2003) Oil on wooden board

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One of my favourite contemporary painters is the Californian artist Wayne Thiebaud (born 1920). He came to prominence in the 1960’s on the back of the of the Pop Art movement, though he himself does not consider himself a Pop Artist. His painting does not critique American culture so much as celebrate it, and his brushwork is more individual and expressive than the flat, mechanized style favored by Pop artists such as Andy Warhol and James Rosenquist. Thiebaud is best known for his iconic…

Wayne Thiebaud, Cheese Slices