“…Castonguay deals with issues of diversity and inclusion in modern human life. Her work combines naturalism and figurative work with a symbolism designed to heighten our awareness of commonality.”

Ruta Marino
Curator of the Regina A.Quick Center for the Arts museum,
St.Bonaventure, New York, Feb.2006

“Seeing Complementaries by Elizabeth Castonguay is a painting of eight sets of eyes hidden by black horizontal bands and separated by colorful mat like divisions with ovals cut to obscure all but the eyes. What is the circumstance for concealment? Voiceless, the eyes gaze askance with only one set making eye contact with the viewer”.

Ellen Slupe
Art Critic, Art Matters, the Philadelphia Regions Magazine for the Arts,
August, 2006.

“Castonguay’s exhibition impresses by its ambition, her technical proficiency and the sincerity with which she pursues her subject matter, in this case the commonality of mankind.”

Mary Thomas
Art Critic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December, 2004.

"In addition to the overriding theme of all the works (America the Flavorful), what will strike viewers most about these painting is the dark palette and super-realism with which the subjects are depicted. What lies at the base of this is the overall exceptional handling of the medium of acrylics. Here, Castonguay handles it as though it was an oil paint. This skillful execution saves the works from becoming overly sentimental…"

Kurt Shaw
Art Critic, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October, 2002.

"The artist's sensitivity to diversity issues comes through in a series of powerful images~ especially in retrospect of the events of September 11, 2001."

Michael Hertric
Director of the La Fond Galleries,
Pittsburgh, Pa., 2002.

"Brilliantly placed dabs of red coax us into the moody intimate corner of her world. Castonguay's subject matter is varied, but always provocative and pungent. Her technique complements her vision,"

Elaine Wertheim
Art historian and writer (winner of the Golden Quill Award, 2001).

"... E. Myers Castonguay show(s) confident figurative paintings. Castonguay registers a social commentary with, 'A Victim of Consumption' - a solidly painted figure of a woman, lying down, surrounded by shoes."

Kurt Shaw
Art Critic, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Review for the AAP annual exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Art, 2001.

"Castonguay has the ability to draw an emotional or intellectual response from the viewer,"

says Stephen Gang (Gallery Director, Gallery Alexie, Chelsea, NYC)
in an interview for a national framing magazine following Castonguay's solo exhibition in 2000. Gang has been on the panels for the Artists Equity and the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art Alumni Association.

“Elizabeth Myers Castonguay's 'out of the box' thinking and framing creatively complements her mixed medium art work which utilizes pastels and acrylics."

Nielsen and Bainbridge, LLC (NYC), July 2000