Eileen Fitz Faulkner
Kaleidoscopic Kraken
Pacific Northwest Artist, Eileen Fitz-Faulkner, has been developing her skills in three-dimensional sculpture since 2001. She rekindled her art career by creating Frogpark, a unique community-built sculptural playground in Oakland, CA. She was the chairman for the design-build with over 1,500 volunteers. Originally starting her career in visual merchandising and stage set and construction, Eileen has been composing visual spaces and objects her entire adult life. Prior to moving to Tacoma, she worked as a professional artist, pruner, and garden designer and taught stage design and construction techniques at the local high school, all while creating art for the garden.
Art and gardening have always been dueling passions for Eileen. Much of her work is inspired by nature and finds a home in gardens. Bringing colorful focal points to outdoor spaces has been a main focus for her work. She has often shown her mosaic sculpture in the gardens of California, including Ruth Bancroft in Concord, Mendocino Botanical Garden in Fort Bragg, UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, and Mendocino Art Center. A recent commission completed in December 2023 for the town of Rockridge had her create nine mini mosaic murals inspired by native plants and vegetation. Since 2020, she has also been creating with light. Her light sculptures can be seen on the Tacoma Light Trail and Ruth Bancroft Gardens.
A graduate of design from U.C. Davis, she has also studied sculpture at California College of Art and horticulture at Merritt College in Oakland, CA. She has taken multiple courses at the Crucible and Mosaic Institute. Her work can be found throughout Northern California in a variety of galleries, exhibitions, and private collections, with public works in Napa, Los Altos, Cloverdale, Oakland, and Orinda, as well as her new home, Tacoma.
She is a member of the International Sculptors Society, Pacific Rim Sculptors, Mendocino Botanical Society, and Tacoma Garden Club.
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