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Wayne Decker Passes

The little boy was waiting for his dad after work that day, a pencil and a piece of paper in his hand. As soon as his father sat down at the kitchen table, the boy asked him to draw a horse. The father obliged him and drew a horse. The little boy studied the picture for a minute and then, with a seven-year-old’s honesty, said, “I can draw a better horse than that.” After a few minutes of concentration, he produced a good sketch of a horse, which he proudly showed his dad.

Wayne Decker continued pursuing his love for art for many years after his first sketch. He moved on to sketching the windmills on his grandfather’s farm, but eventually real life stepped in and he would move on to other artistic mediums.

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