Mila Faulkner

Born and raised in Belarus, Mila began her art studies in the field of industrial ceramics, using nature as the inspiration for her work.
"For me to be an artist is all that I can be.  It is my style to exist in this world.  I felt like a bird in a cage before I started to paint; and, today,, I am flying along with the clouds."
Oils are her chosen medium because of the freedom it allows her as she plays with her ideas.  While Mila enjoys painting the world around her, it is the special character and beauty of water and sky that have become her favofrite themes.
Mila currently lives with her husband in Bellingham, WA and was the frecipient of the 2003 Whatcom Museum Award of Escellence, as well as the Gold Grant Award form the Seattle Northwest Watercolor Foundation in 2002.

Group Exhibitions:

Whatcom Art Guild Fall Shows 2001-2007, Bellingham, WA

Whatcom Art Guild Spring Shows 2001-2007, Bellingham, WA

Whatcom Allied Arts Group Show 2003-2005 Bellingham, WA

49-th Parallel Painters Spring 2002, Blaine, WA

Personal Show Oasis Gallery May-Sept. 2006 Seattle

Group Show Blue Horse Gallery Sept. 2006 Bellingham

Personal Show Federal Way: Knutzen Gallery (253) 8356926

Education Bachelor of Ceramic Art

Bobryisk Art College, Belarus

Western Washington University and

Whatcom Community College Art Major

(2000-2002)

Representation Bellingham: Blue Horse Gallery (360) 671-2305

Bellingham: Pacific Marina Gallery 738-8535

La Conner Two Moons Gallery (360) 466-1920

Seattle: Oasis Gallery (206) 898-5014

Awards Awards of Excellence from the Whatcom Museum of History and Art for oil painting “After Rain” 2003

Gold Grant Award from Seattle North Watercolor Foundation, May 2002

Affiliations Allied Artists of Whatcom County, Bellingham

Artist Trust Seattle

Whatcom Art Guild

Contacts: (360) 715-0073 or (360) 201-1824

milafaulk@comcast.net