Wayland Moore
After graduation from High School Moore majored in commercial design at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida. Since graduating he has worked for a design house in Greenville, South Carolina, as Art Director for an NBC-TV affiliate, Art Director for the Sarasota Herald Tribune and as Senior Illustrator with an Atlanta Studio. In 1971 he opened Wayland Moore Studios where he served as Graphics Director for the Atlanta Braves, combining his career interests in art with his leisure time love of sports. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize nomination he produced a book consisting of his Florida Sketches, a front page cartoon that is included in the permanent collection of Walt Disney Studios in California. An athelete who paints, Wayland Moore has achieved pre-eminence in the sports world through a multi-faceted background. Most importantly he is an artist with the ability to capture a moment without freezing it - the ability that only comes from having 'been there' as an athelete.