GARY FAIGIN STUDIO

GARY FAIGIN STUDIO, based in Seattle WA, is the fine art services and consulting company of American artist, Gary Faigin. His website, www.garyfaigin.com, outlines Faigin's expertise and services in the following areas of the visual arts: Facial expression expert and author of "The Artist's Complete G uide to Facial Expression," published in 1991 and translated into 8 languages. Consultant to animation studios, providing "Face Doctor" services for improving the expressive potential of characters and creatures at the beginning and end of production. Trainer to animation studios, providing facial expression lecture/demonstration professional development programs for CG artists - animators, riggers and modelers. Author of "Faigin Face Blog" with monthly posts of interest to fine and digital artists. Co-founder and Artistic Director of Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, WA; instructor of the Still Life Atelier at Gage, plus occasional drawing and painting workshops. Fine artist for galleries, plus commissioned artworks in oil, pastel and charcoal (see digital portfolio). Art reviewer for radio and print with over 150 archived reviews of contemporary NW, plus historic American and European, artists. Currently guest reviewer at the Seattle Times. Fine art tour guide touring museums and galleries in the art capitols of U.S. and Europe, including New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Florence, Vienna, Venice, Madrid, Barcelona, St. Petersburg, and more. Public speaker for museums, art groups, community clubs and schools, with topics ranging from contemporary art to artistic techniques.