The Calling
Casey Childs is renowned for his highly skillful body of figurative and portrait work which has been featured in galleries across the U.S. He is a Wyoming native who studied art formally in Powell, Wyoming and continued his art education at Brigham Young University, receiving a BA in Painting. He augmented his art education, studying with master portraitist and figurative artist William Whitaker.
Casey has received numerous awards: He was honored with the European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, MEAM Purchase Award, 2017. The Portrait Society of America; International Portrait Competition—Second Place in 2018 for his oil painting, “Sliver;” Second Place in 2016 for his portrait, “Phylis VanderNaald;” and Third Place in 2017 for his oil painting, “Take These Broken Wings.” Springville Museum of Art Exhibition Award with the International Art Renewal Center Salon Competition. Gold Medal from the Oil Painters of America’s 27th National Juried Exhibition.
Casey’s work has been featured in many publications including the American Art Collector Magazine, International Artist Magazine, and Southwest Art Magazine.