Wayne F. Michaud is an artist with a small studio nestled in the western slopes of Vermont's stunning Green Mountain range. He has been an artist all his life--a traditional fine artist, muralist, illustrator and digital graphic designer. He has a BFA degree from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Wayne's love for pets (currently in the household are Meggie*, a Boston Terrier, Rufus, a West Highland White Terrier, Gabby, a French Bulldog and Bailey, a Maine Coon cat) has led to his latest passion: Green Mountain Pet Portraits.

Wayne has an extensive resumé. As a fine artist, he has painted landscape oil scenes and watercolor botanicals, been represented in art galleries and appeared in several art shows, garnering a Grand Award. His contemporary and trompe 'leoil murals grace corporate, commercial and residential spaces. As an illustrator he has done works in oils, watercolor, acrylics, ink and digitally. Many of Wayne's illustrations have been published in magazines such as The Herb Quarterly, I Love Cats and Stocks and Commodities, and books such as Gibbs-Smith Favorite Houseplants, Rodale Press' The Healing Herbs and Natural Healing Remedies, and Jerry Baker Health Books Kitchen Counter Cures, Amazing Antidotes, The Anti-Pain Plan and Homemade Health. As a graphic designer he has created ads for The Morgan Horse magazine, The Real Estate Guide, The World newspaper, and interior page layout for the Jerry Baker Book series.

*Most sadly, Meggie passed away on February 13, 2010. Here is a memorial website in her honor.