Commisions

Listed below are some of the commissions that Dwayne Harty has created.

“Prairie Homestead” diorama. Western Development Museum, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 2005
Series of fourteen paintings reproduced in an edition size of 450. Distributed across North America.
Commissions for the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. Costa Rican Rainforest Canopy diorama (26’ high x 115’ around x 24’ deep) for permanent natural history gallery. Diorama depicting the flora and fauna of the Caribbean slopes of the Rara Avis sanctuary in Costa Rica. Regina, Saskatchewan. Completed 2001.
Commission - Royal Saskatchewan Museum. Monarch butterfly diorama (12’ high x 18’ around x 6’ deep) for permanent natural history gallery. Diorama depicting the largest and tallest waterfalls in Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan. Completed 2000.
Commission. Nova Scotia Wildlife Federation conservation stamp. Moose painting “ Woodland Tapestry” used as stamp image.
Commission. Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters’ Fish and Wildlife Conservation Stamp. Oil painting titled “River Otter” used as stamp image. 1998.
Commission- Algonquin Park Visitor Center. Rock Lake diorama (12’ high x 16’ around x 5’ deep) for permanent natural history gallery. Diorama depicting shoreline habitat of Rock Lake including cow and calf moose. Algonquin Park, Ontario. Completed 1999.
Commission- Friends of Algonquin. Nine paintings of Algonquin Park wildlife to be used as promotional fundraising posters. Algonquin Park, Canada. 1997.
Commission- Royal Canadian Mint. Four coins depicting the Peregrine Falcon. Minted as currency for the platinum collector’s series. Ottawa, Canada. 1996.
Commission- Royal Canadian Mint. Four coins depicting young animals: moose, black bear, cougar, and wood duck. Mint as currency for the 50 cents collector series. Ottawa Canada. 1996.
Commission-Wildlife Habitat Canada. selected in 1996 federal Duck Stamp and Print artist. Image to feature goldeneye ducks: “Georgian Bay Goldeneyes” oil painting (42” x 54”). Ottawa, Canada. 1996.
Commission- Royal Saskatchewan Museum. Arctic diorama (12’ high x 42’ around x 10’ deep) for permanent natural history gallery. Diorama depicting the flora and fauna of the Mackenzie Delta on the Beaufort Sea. Regina, Saskatchewan. Fieldwork out of Inuvik, N.W.T. Completed 1995.
Commission- Parry Sound Masonic Lodge. Two oil paintings depicting moose and white tailed deer. Parry Sound, Ontario. 1995.
Contract for Joseph A Wetzel & Associates. To depict flora and fauna of Wichita Mountains Park in Oklahoma for publications. Boston, Mass. 1994.
Commissions- Friends of Algonquin. Four landscape paintings depicting Algonquin Park through the seasons and used as promotional fundraising posters. Algonquin Park, Canada. 1995.
Commission- Muskoka Animal Artist Exhibition Inc., 1995. Limited edition fundraising litho using “Algonquin Wolves” painting. Edition 300. Huntsville, Ontario. 1995.
UNICEF. Consideration for UNITED NATIONS Children’s Fund card program. 1996.
Commission to design logo insignia for CHLO radio station. St. Thomas, Ontario.
Commission- Wye Marsh Conservation Centre. Prepare four 8 feet by 12 feet seasonal marsh murals. Midland, Ontario. 1994.
Commission for new Algonquin Park Museum. Decorative mural of bull, cow and calf moose, 12 feet high by 26 feet long.
Commission for new Algonquin Park Museum to open on Park Centennial May 1993. Two year commission to design and execute five life size natural history dioramas: Hardwood forest floor- Spring flowers, Coniferous forest floor- Early Summer Flowers, Spruce Bog- Wolf Pack Formation, Hardwood forest- Doe and Fawn Whitetail Deer, Winter in Algonquin- Scavengers on Winter Deer Kill. 1991-1993.
Resignation as Chief Dioramist with Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History, Regina, Saskatchewan. Permanent position held since April 1987. Resignation September 1990.
Commission- Royal Ontario Museum. Design and execute Ontario Wetlands dioramas for new Ornithology Gallery. Featuring Long Point and Tundra Swans. 1989. One year leave of absence.
World Wildlife Fund, New York. Design four postage stamps and cachet paintings. Nubian Ibex, Oman 1991. Columbian Bush Dog, 1989.
Commission. Saskatchewan Wildlife Habitat Trust Fund stamp and print. 1989.
Appointment as official artist for 1989 Winnipeg Panda Bear Visit and sponsored trip to Washington National Zoo to study and sketch Hsing Hsing and Ling Ling.
Design and execute miniature scale dioramas for the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. Each diorama measures 6’ high x 9’ around x 3’ deep. Dioramas depict the flora and fauna of the Cretaceous, Oligocene, Miocene and Pleistocene eras for the permanent Earth History gallery. Regina, Saskatchewan. Completed 1987-1989.
Chief Dioramist. Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History. Permanent position. April 1987.
Contract employment for the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. Design and execute full-size Hardwood Forest diorama as part of phase I of the new Mammalogy Gallery. 1985-86.
Consultant for Valdo Associates, Toronto. Exhibit design for the Mystic Indian Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. 1986.
World Wildlife Fund, New York. Design and complete four postal stamps for the country of Kampuchea: Asian Water Buffalo, Gaur, Banteng, and Kouprey. Four additional cachet paintings. 1986.
World Wildlife fund, New York. Four cachet paintings of Red Lecher. Botswana stamps 1988.
Consultant for Tucker Communications, Inc. Display exhibits for Stonewall Quarry Museum, Stonewall, Manitoba. 1984
Contract employment for the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. Design and execute scale models for future dioramas to be part of the new Mammalogy gallery. 1983-83.
Saskatchewan Government Department of Parks and Renewable Resources. Series of five big game paintings. Paintings were printed in limited numbers to be given as gift to visiting dignitaries. 1981.
Ducks unlimited, Regina, Saskatchewan. Paintings for head office. 1982.
Diplomat Restaurant, Regina, Saskatchewan. Portraits of the Prime Ministers of Canada. 1981.
Contract employment. Assistant to Clarence Tillenius in completion of Boreal Forest Moose diorama. Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, Winnipeg. 1976-77