Artist Wayne Boucher

Wayne was the recipient of the 2006  Nova Scotia Portia White Award for excellence, innovation, and expression in the arts. 

Wayne Boucher studied at the Banff Centre, Alberta, and at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1975.  The following year he moved to Graywood, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia where he continues his painting practice at his studio in Parker’s Cove. 
Boucher’s solo professional exhibition record spans the past three decades. 

The recipient of numerous grants from provincial and federal agencies including a Canada Council Established Artist Grant in 2001, other key professional successes include winning the 2004 juried competition to execute the mural entitled Réveil for  the new Interpretation Centre at Grand-Pré National Historic Site that marks the 18th Century Acadian Deportation.