Foster Caddell

"Vanishing America", Oil, 24" x 30 "

Foster Caddell's entire career has been in the art world. He began working after high school as a lithographer, and worked on fine art after hours and weekends. During World War II, he was assigned duties as a war artist and after the war returned to the lithograph company. At age 30, he combined his knowledge of printing and fine art and became a freelance illustrator. His success in this area led to his becoming the owner and teacher of the largest private art school in southern New England. He has authored four instructional art books. In addition he has written for, or been featured in, numerous art magazines, over the years. Most recent articles have been in Plein Air, October 2005, the Artist's Magazine, November 2005, and The Pastel Journal, December, 2005.

He does not work in a specific genre. He paints wonderful landscapes, intriguing still lifes, and insightful portraits. In 2004 he did a portrait of Christopher J. Dodd, Senior Senator from Connecticut. Foster Caddell painted his father, Thomas J. Dodd, forty years earlier. Both paintings are now displayed in Washington, D.C.

Foster Caddell seems to have boundless versatility. He works equally well in oil and pastel, and was inducted into The Pastel Society of America's Hall of Fame in 1998.