Foster Caddell was born August 2, 1921 in Pawtucket, R.I. and passed away June 2, 2013, but his teachings live on in the form of his three books, Keys to Successful Landscape Painting, (1976) Keys to Successful Color (1979, and Keys to Painting Better Portraits (1982). The Landscape book was updated in 1993. Throughout his career, he was proud to say that he had spent his entire life pursuing his passion for art. In grade school he displayed a talent for drawing and sketching, and began painting in high school. Upon graduation he gained employment at the Providence Lithograph Co. in Rhode Island. Drafted in 1943, he was assigned as an artist in the Army Air Force. When discharged he returned to the Lithograph Company. He left the company in 1951 to become a free-lance illustrator. He then began illustration children's books, textbooks, and doing drawings and paintings for various religious organizations. Now living in Voluntown, CT with his wife June Kaufmann, he began teaching local aspiring artists in his living room. Before long he was the owner and CEO of the largest privately owned art school in southern New England. In addition, he became a renowned portrait and landscape artist. June passed away in 1989, and he remarried Gail Marchant in 1993 He continued teaching and painting, both at home and at workshops across the USA, until retiring in 2006, at age 85.