{"id":42,"date":"2026-01-22T20:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waynehartstudios.com\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-01-22T20:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:58:20","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/waynehartstudios.com\/?page_id=42","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1d513f7d6a61a08a213fe9adc3296b56\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-873ee6b1 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7ee84d44 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:65%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--1\">\u00a0Wayne Hart came to his hometown of Elkins, WV at the young age of eighteen years. 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