Jalapenos, Birthday Party Painting

At the age of ten, Cameron was an established paleontologist, travelling to Utah to excavate dinosaur bones and returning to his 5th grade classroom to present the findings of his research. In middle and high school, he chased dreams of playing the trumpet and racing mountain bikes at a professional level. Late in high school, he became more intentional about his work in art class, and realized that visual art was (and is) the unlikely common denominator of all other endeavors. Cameron began receiving commissions and gaining acceptance into notable gallery shows his freshman year of college. He graduated from James Madison University in May 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Studio Art as well as a Pre-K-12 Visual Arts Teaching Licensure, and won the school’s award for a graduating senior with a concentration in painting. He now shows work in galleries and art fairs nationally. He has received a $2,000 Award of Excellence at the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, a $2,000 Thomas J. Felton, Jr. Award of Distinction in Fine Art at the VA Beach MOCA Boardwalk Art Show, an Award of Merit at the Riverviews Artspace Annual Juried Show, The Randy Smith Memorial Award at the Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival, and numerous awards and scholarships for undergraduate studies. While he is not travelling around the country to art shows, Cameron lives, works, and plays in Richmond, VA. He plays the trumpet, coaches a local youth mountain bike team, and teaches elementary art in the town of West Point 2 days/week.