- Gary Faigin
Gary Faigin is an American artist, author, co-founder and Artistic Director of the
Gage Academy of Art ,Seattle .Faigin was educated at the
University of Michigan , continuing on to theArt Students League of New York where he was taught byRobert Beverly Hale , and finishing at theÉcole Normale Supérieure ,Paris in 1979.In 1991, Faigin's "The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression" was published. It is now in its 16th printing and has been translated into 5 other languages. While the book is employed by artists, it is also popular with digital animators, cartoonists, portrait artists, forensic artists, puppeteers, actors, and art directors, as well as psychologists and plastic surgeons; in the extra features of
Shrek , "The Artist's Guide" is seen in several shots during interviews.The
Frye Art Museum in Seattle presented a retrospective exhibition of Faigin's work in 2001. Faigin has a monthly spot as an art critic on theKUOW-FM radio station in Seattle.External links
* [http://www.garyfaigin.com/ Gary Faigin website]
* [http://www.gageacademy.org/ Gage Academy of Art]
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