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TMCNet: Friends, family have a wake for North Sacramento artist

[March 28, 2010]

Friends, family have a wake for North Sacramento artist

Mar 28, 2010 (The Sacramento Bee - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Wayne Kern was there Saturday, on the same gritty street where he turned other people's trash into art that graced homes and galleries.

There in his funky sculptures and mobiles. There in the funny and poignant stories of his life. There in a metal urn that held his remains.

In an eclectic memorial service for an eclectic artist, friends and family members gathered in the patio of Kern's favorite North Sacramento bar, The Bolt, right next to the makeshift studio where he created his art.

Kern, who died of leukemia this month just short of his 50th birthday, collected electrical cable, window screens, chipped glass and other discarded items from junkyards and trash bins. In his dilapidated studio, using few tools other than his hands, he recycled the materials into pieces that found their way into shops and galleries throughout Northern California.


"He lived life on his terms," said his best friend, Paul Watwood. Kern shunned material things, and was content to make just enough money to survive on a street frequented by prostitutes and drug dealers. "He was completely nonjudgmental," Watwood said.

Kern's mother, Louise, said her son was a talented artist even as a child.

"He would draw things that were so close to perfect," she said. "He wrote beautiful poems and short stories. Then he started making 'fork art,' " sculptures fashioned from silver forks. Macy's commissioned Kern to create giant butterflies for a Christmas window. His art once had a place at the Crocker. Many local galleries showed it.

"He had a gift," said his brother Chad.

Saturday's memorial was a party that Kern would have appreciated. As his beloved chocolate Labrador, Buddy, roamed the premises, the music blared, the beer flowed, and the stories tumbled out about Kern's creativity, wit and heart. Some of his art was sold in a silent auction, with the proceeds going to his mother. Kern also is survived by his sister, Sheri, and brothers Chad and Greg.

"I brought him a pack of regulars," Blanche Bone said, placing Marlboros next to her friend's ashes. "The last thing he said to me is that he wished he could have a cigarette. So here you go, Wayne." Kern, whose story was featured in The Bee in 2008, lived a hardscrabble life that he admitted included dalliances with drugs and alcohol. But he grew more stable and content as he got older, his brother Greg said.

"The best years of his life were the last eight years," Greg Kern said. "His artwork was appreciated, he had more friends than he could count, and he mellowed." But he was true to his nature all the way to the end, friends and family members said. He refused to take morphine to ease his pain, preferring to die with a clear mind.

Watwood called Kern "a genuine and loyal friend" who will be missed by a circle of friends of all income levels and backgrounds.

"I know that he's watching over us right now. So party on, like Wayne wants!" ------ Call The Bee's Cynthia Hubert, (916) 321-1082.

To see more of The Sacramento Bee, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.sacbee.com/. Copyright (c) 2010, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.

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