Wayne McLoughlin

About Wayne McLoughlin

Wayne McLoughlin (1944 to 2015) was a Welsh-born artist and illustrator, best known for the cover art of Erin Hunter's Warriors and Seekers animal fantasy series published by HarperCollins.

Born in Llanfrechfa, Wales, McLoughlin spent his childhood exploring Hampstead Heath in London and later the swamps of northern Florida, recording what he saw in sketches and paintings. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and studied fine art and anthropology at San Diego State University.

His career began with humorous illustration for magazines including Esquire, Omni, Yankee and National Lampoon, and from 1989 he produced satirical advertisements for American Cowboy. He also contributed writing and artwork to Field & Stream. His book illustration includes Life in Darwin's Universe (1982), Voices of the Wild (1993), Master Elk and the Mountain Lion (1995), Here is the Wetland (1996), Fireflies (1997), Cave (2000) and Someday Heaven (2001). For the Warriors series, conceived by Victoria Holmes and published by HarperCollins, he is credited with the field guide Battles of the Clans (2010). He lived in Bellows Falls, Vermont, with his wife, Jackie, and died in 2015 aged 71.

For collectors: McLoughlin's cover art appears on HarperCollins editions of Erin Hunter's Warriors and Seekers books; his art is also in the Warriors field guide Battles of the Clans (2010), and his earlier illustrated titles include Life in Darwin's Universe (1982) and Voices of the Wild (1993).