said "I want to paint children in the sunshine, young girls out of doors with the wind in their hair and the sky's deep blue in their eyes." She exhibited several portraits and was on the Art Committee for the annual Art Institute of Chicago in 1907. Casterton returned from Paris in 1908 and began teaching at the Art Institute of Chicago. After she married, Casterton created works of art in oil or pastels, as well as watercolor miniatures. In 1913, she exhibited a portrait of her daughter, Jane, at the annual Art Institute of Chicago exhibition. She exhibited Mae Olson (1906) at the City Art Museum of St. Louis in 1916. She exhibited four miniature portraits at the 1918 exhibition for the Chicago Society of Miniature Painters, including Elizabeth Kennedy. Even as miniature paintings become less popular, she was a successful artist and received international recognition. She began making full-size portraits in the 1920s, including having patterned a work after a U.S. Army lieutenant made during Thomas Jefferson's presidency. She exhibited her works in solo and group exhibitions. Her works are held by the Smithsonian Institution, The Brooklyn Museum and The John H. Vanderpoel Art Association. Recognition and memberships Casterton received Honorable Mention at the International Art Union (Paris) in 1907 and 1908, was awarded a Silver Medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915, and a Bronze medal at the Sesqui-Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia of 1926. Casterton was a member of the American Society of Miniature Painters, British Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Royal Society of Miniature Painters, and the Pennsylvania Societies of Miniature Painters. In 1914 she was the vice president of the Chicago Societies of Miniature Painters. Between 1949 and 1951 she received awards at the League of the American Pen Women Exhibitions. Personal life In 1910, Casterton worked in Chicago as an artist and supported her mother and nieces, Eda L. and Alta V. Nemoede. On June 29, 1911, Eda Nemoede married William John Casterton in Chicago. Their first daughter, Jane was born in 1912. Her mother, Mary Nemoede, died on December 8, 1914. Their second daughter, Virginia was born in February 1917. Casterton was a Christian Scientist. William Casterton died February 9, 1948, in Evanston, Illinois. In 1952, she moved to Missoula, Montana, where she worked as an artist and lived with her sister. She died November 15, 1969, at Palos Verdes Estates, California,