Wayne McLoughlin

Wayne McLoughlin
Born1944 (1944)
Llanfrechfa Lower, Wales
Died2015 (aged 70–71)

Wayne McLoughlin (1944–2015) was a Welsh artist who primarily depicted nature scenes. He was most known for his cover art in Erin Hunter's Warriors and Seekers series.

Early life and education

McLoughlin was born in Llanfrechfa, Wales.[1] As a child, McLoughlin enjoyed exploring Hampstead Heath, London, and later, the swamps of northern Florida. Fascinated by nature, he often recorded his experiences in sketches and paintings.

McLoughlin served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War before studying both Fine Art and Anthropology at San Diego State University.

Career

He first worked on creating illustrated humor parodies for national magazines, including Esquire, Omni,[2] Yankee, and National Lampoon. Beginning in 1989, McLoughlin created a series of satirical adds for American Cowboy magazine.[3] He also published humorous musings and artwork in Field & Stream magazine.[4][5]

He illustrated for Citibank, Ford Motor Company, IBM, Motorola, Adidas, Texaco, MasterCard, the National Geographic Society, Audubon, Scientific American, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the Nature Museum in Grafton, Vermont. His artwork can also be found in outdoor magazines such as Sports Afield and Sporting Tales,[6] as well as many books and publications that focus on animals and aspects of nature, such as the bestselling Warriors and Seekers novel series.

The Internet Speculative Fiction Database credits McLoughlin with the cover art of dozens of books.[7]

Illustrated books

  • Bylinsky, Gene (1982). Life in Darwin's Universe: Evolution and the Cosmos. New York: Doubleday & Co.[2][8]
  • London, Jonathan (1993). Voices of the Wild. Crown.[9][10]
  • London, Jonathan (1995). Master Elk and the Mountain Lion. Crown. ISBN 0-517-59917-1.[11][12][13]
  • Dunphy, Madeleine (1996). Here is the Wetland. Hyperion Books for Children. ISBN 978-0-7868-2136-5.
  • Hoffman, Alice (1997). Fireflies.[14]
  • Siebert, Diane (2000). Cave. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-688-16447-1.[15][16]
  • Libby, Larry (2001). Someday Heaven. Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-70105-7.[17]

Warriors

  • Hunter, Erin (2010). Battles of the Clans.[18]

Personal life

He lived with his wife, Jackie, in Bellows Falls, Vermont. Wayne died at age 71 in 2015.

References

  1. ↑ "Credits". The Atlantic: 4. 1987.
  2. 1 2 Ferris, Timothy (4 April 1982). "NONFICTION IN BRIEF". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Orr, Cathy (November 2005). "Laughing at Life". American Cowboy: 72.
  4. ↑ McLoughlin, Wayne (August 1989). "Bassin' for Bucks". Field & Stream: 18.
  5. ↑ McLoughlin, Wayne (August 1992). "The Improved Whitetail". Field & Stream: 18.
  6. ↑ "Wayne McLoughlin". Blue Loon Fine Arts. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  7. ↑ Wayne McLoughlin at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Maffitt, Ken (4 October 1982). "100 A.D. (After Darwin)". The Spokesman-Review.
  9. ↑ "VOICES OF THE WILD". Kirkus Reviews. 1 October 1993.
  10. ↑ Ericson, Joann H. (1994). "Books for children--Voices of the Wild by Jonathan London and illustrated by Wayne McLoughlin". Childhood Education. 70 (3): 172.
  11. ↑ "MASTER ELK AND THE MOUNTAIN LION". Kirkus Reviews. 1 October 1995.
  12. ↑ "Master Elk and the Mountain Lion". Publishers Weekly: 69. 1995.
  13. ↑ Volkerding, Rebecca (18 January 2002). "Book review of 'Master Elk and the Mountain Lion'". The Southeast Missourian.
  14. ↑ "FIREFLIES". Kirkus Reviews. 1 September 1997.
  15. ↑ Giorgis, Cyndi; Johnson, Nancy J. (2001). "Children's Books: The Language of Story". The Reading Teacher. 54 (8): 824–834. ISSN 0034-0561.
  16. ↑ Armstrong, Kathleen; Cai, Mingshui; Giorgis, Cyndi; Mitchell Pierce, Kathryn (March 2002). "Cave". Language Arts. 79 (4). Urbana: 352.
  17. ↑ Malcom, Nancy L. (1 February 2011). "Images of Heaven and the Spiritual Afterlife: Qualitative Analysis of Children's Storybooks about Death, Dying, Grief, and Bereavement". OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. 62 (1).
  18. ↑ Meister, Beth L. (Fall 2010). "Hunter, Erin: Battles of the Clans". The Horn Book Guide. 21 (2): 342.


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