Doyle Fanning

I worked for 42 years in state and local government in 35 different jobs. During my years in Olympia I served temporarily as both the State Fire Marshal and Pierce County Fire Marshal, and as the State Fish Chief, Deputy Director of the Department of Wildlife, Chief Financial Officer for Wildlife, Natural Recourses, and Ecology, and Project Director for the Renovation of the State Capitol following the Nisqually Earthquake. When I retired, I took my maiden name (Doyle) and my mother's maiden name (Fanning) and began working as a professional artist.

I've been active in Olympia as a founding member of the Olympia Film Society, the City Arts Commission, the Friends of Artesians, the Olympia Arts + Heritage Alliance, and served on the boards of the City Heritage Commission, Olympia Artspace Alliance, and The Community Foundation.

My first memory of making art is as a six year old in a polio rehabilitation hospital in Los Angeles. I made a finger painting. I still remember the joy of moving the paint around with my hands. Even as I worked professionally, I've always found time to do some kind of art work. In the last twelve years, I've focused on print making using digital tools to alter photographs to create works inspired by traditional painting and print making media. I also paint and draw, and cut and fold paper because I still love the tactile feel of making.

Art Studies

• 2013 Book Making / Joan Cawley Crane
• 2013 Printmaking / Judith Baumann • 2013 Oil Painting / Jay Shepard
• 2012 Collage / Joan Cawley Crane
• 2012 Polyester Plate Lithography / Janet Marcavage
• 2011 Landscape Painting / Victoria Adams
• 2011 Solar Printing / Diana Fairbanks
• 2007 Two Dimensional Art / Carol Hannum


Exhibits | Publications

• Accepted for 2015 "Her Story" National Exhibit | Juried | Minnaert Center for the Arts Gallery | Olympia WA
• 2014 Dispute Resolution Center | Postcard Art Exhibit | Olympia WA
• 2014 The Center for Performing Arts Fall Art Event | Juried | Olympia WA
• 2014 Fine Art Postcard Exhibit | Minnaert Center for the Arts Gallery | Olympia WA
• 2013 All Things Considered Juried Exhibit | Las Laguna Gallery | CA
• 2013 10x10x10 Tieton | Juried Exhibit | Tieton WA
• 2013 The Percival Review |Juried | Olympia WA
• 2013 Student Art Exhibit |Minnaert Center for the Arts Gallery | Olympia WA 2013
• 2013 Then and Now Retrospective | Minnaert Center for the Arts Gallery | Olympia WA
• 2013 Fine Art Postcard Exhibit | Minnaert Center for the Arts Gallery | Olympia WA
• 2012 - 2013 Urban Upholstery | Olympia | WA
• 2012 Capitol Florists |Olympia WA
• 2012 Olympia Arts Walk |Olympia WA
• 2012 Fine Art Postcard Exhibit | Minnaert Center for the Arts Gallery | Olympia WA
• 2011 Art House Designs Gallery | Olympia WA
• 2011 37th National Juried Photography Exhibition/ Larson Gallery | Yakima WA
• 2007 The Percival Review | Olympia WA
• 2007 Student Art Exhibit | Minnaert Center for the Arts Gallery | Olympia WA
• 2004 Art House Designs Gallery | Olympia WA
• 2003 The Coffee Tree Café | Olympia WA
• 1987 Ellensburg Anthology | Ellensburg WA