Kate Faust is an award-winning photographer and painter. After years of working in the publishing and advertising industry Kate took some time off from the professional world to raise her four daughters. She went back to school to receive her B.F.A. in Fine Arts with a major in painting and photography. Kate has been studying oil painting with John Osborne and Lorraine Minetto of the Ridgewood Art Institute for the past few years. Currently she devotes her time to both painting and photography. Kate has exhibited work throughout New England and the Tri-state area. She is currently a member of Oil Painters of America, the prestigious Salmagundi Club of NYC, Allied Artists of America, American Impressionists Association, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, the American Artists Professional League, the Southern Vermont Arts Association, and the Ridgewood Art Association,