Born in Beaumont, Texas and raised on the Gulf Coast, the artist was exposed from an early age to the beauties of southeast Texas and the Texas coast. His love of nature and its inhabitants were the inspiration for his early work in the 1970’s. He attended Lamar University and then obtained his B.F.A. from the University of Houston’s Fine Art Department. His painting career stopped when he entered the wine industry and upon retiring from Beringer Vineyards in 1997, he committed to pursue his lifelong desire to paint and produce art. Mr. Faggard has since earned his Master of Visual Arts degree from Lamar University and lives in the Texas Hill Country.

An avid lover of the outdoors, Mr. Faggard has raised cattle and wildlife, both native and exotic, for most of his life. His love and understanding of the subjects that he portrays is evident in each painting. Truth in anatomy, environment, and habitat are abundant throughout the artistic representation on his work. Although realism is represented in each piece, the artist chooses to use elements of color, form, composition, and brushwork to emphasize the overall importance of the subject matter in each piece.

Recent exhibitions of Mr. Faggard’s work have been held in one-man shows at both the Dishman Museum and the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Elaines Table in Hunt, Texas, El Sol Art and Sonora Art. Various chapters of Ducks Unlimited, Safari Club International, and the Coast Conservation Association have all exhibited Mr. Faggard’s work in the past.