Wayne Wen-Yau Wu (Taiwan/Tennessee/California, born 1935) abstract oil on linen painting titled "New Year's Eve Party". Signed "Wayne Wu AWS" lower right. Titled with medium, dimensions, date "1996", and artist's signature en verso. Housed in a molded wooden frame with off white linen liner. Sight - 7 3/4" H x 9 3/4" W. Framed - 16 1/4" H x 18 3/8" W. Late 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Dr. William Kendall Striker, Chattanooga, TN. Artist Biography: Wayne Wen-Yau Wu was born in Taiwan in 1935 and received a BA in fine arts from the Taiwan Normal University in 1959. Wu studied at the Art Student's League in New York before moving to Chattanooga, Tennessee in the 1970s and California in 2000. In 1982, he became a member of the prestigious American Watercolor Society.