Member Biography

ARTIST STATEMENT

"Painting feels much like walking down a beach and picking up interesting things, we would all pick up different things. It is a place to explore and continually discover something new."

A longtime student of color, light, and the vast potential for human expression, Faye Castle has been recognized as a Distinguished Pastellist with the Northwest Pastel Society. Her work was featured on the cover of Rockport Publishers’ The Best of Pastels. Faye studied art at the University of Washington, and received her BA in 1967. She followed that degree with a teaching certification, beginning a lifelong interplay between learning and teaching. She completed the Classical Animation Program at the Vancouver Film School in 1997 and taught figure drawing, color and  design  at the Art Institute of Seattle. Faye currently resides on Whidbey Island.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010

• "Celebrating Realism," Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
• "From There to Here," Brackenwood Gallery, Langley, WA
• "Unclad," Gallery By the Bay

2007

• "Expressions," Women Painters of Washington Gallery, Group Show, Seattle

1987-1988, 2006

• Northwest Pastel Society National Show. Awards 1992, 93,94,95,98, 2006

1998

• Edmonds Art Festival (also 1992, 93, 94, 95. Washingotn Mutual Award, Memorial Award)

1996

• The Best and the Brightest," Scottsdale, AZ

1995

• International Assoc of Pastel Societies, Saks Gallery, Denver, CO
• Redmond Art Splash (and 1994, 1989 Show Award)
• Puget Sound West Coast Paper Show (and 1993 and 1994)
• Redmond Art Splash (also 1994 and 1989-Show award 1989)

1994

• Degas Pastel Society, New Orleans, LA, Award of Merit
• Frye Museum 36th Annual Puget Sound Area Exhibition
• Eastside Fine Arts Association Annual Show (also 1989, 90, 93 - Show award 1989)

1993

• Frye Museum, Guatemala Show

1992

• Northwest Pastel Oregon Coast Show, Best of Show Award

EDUCATION

• University of Washington, B.A. Art, 1967
• Washington State Teacher Certification, 1968
• Vancouver Film School, Classical Animation, 1997
• Additional Study:
  • Ron Lukas
  • Wm F Reese
  • Carolyn Anderson
  • Ned Mueller
  • Harley Brown
  • Daniel Green

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Women Painters of Washington
• Northwest Pastel Society, Distinguished Pastellist
  

OTHER

• The Best of Pastels, Rockport Publishers; Cover Art, First Ed.
• Sketching Whidbey, Ink and Watercolor, Blurb Publ, 2009
• Instructor, The Art Institute of Seattle, 1998 - 2005
• Seattle Art Museum, Portrait Sketch Artist, 2003
• Gallery Representation: Brackenwood Gallery, Langley, WA

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