Camille Engel
Musician; Visual Artist
At the age of 23, Camille opened her own design firm in Tulsa. Years later, she moved to Nashville where she met her husband, Todd Engel. Together they established a new design firm, Engel Creative, specializing in logo design, advertising materials and packaging for clients such as Random House, Fruit of the Loom, MCA, RCA, and Warner/Curb. In 2000, heeding advice to ?Pursue the dream that burns inside you,? Engel began oil painting, intuitively in a realistic style. She and her husband immediately realized this was where she needed to apply her talent and Todd took full control of the design firm. An accomplished painter, Engel pursues the aims of the Realist movement with remarkable passion and skill. Accepted among some of the world?s top realists and into prestigious museum tours and art exhibitions from Santa Fe to The National Arts Club in New York City, winning awards along the way-- Engel?s work hangs in corporate, public and private collections. Her works have been published in American Art Collector, The Artist Magazine and the American Artist with articles referencing realism paintings. Camille Engel?s paintings are being acquired by prominent corporate and private collections: The Chattanoogan Hotel in Chattanooga; and Vanderbilt Children?s Hospital and Baptist Hospital in Nashville; Engel accepts both small and large scale commissions, write Camille for more information or call 615-399-9310, www.Camille-Engel.com. Limited signed and numbered gicl?es are also available for some of Engel?s images. Please call for available images, sizes and pricing. Engel works with the highest quality oil pigments on an archival support. Please discuss any questions or concerns you may have with the artist. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Recent Awards and Recognitions: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BEST OF SHOW: October 2007 Artclectic, Nashville, TN MUSEUM TOUR: Sunflower at the Old Factory has been chosen for the upcoming international 12-city traveling museum exhibition, The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century, which will tour for two years (2008-2010). The exhibition will pair works by contemporary realists and their historical predecessors for comparison and contrast. Engel's sunflower painting will be paired with one of Vincent Van Gogh's sunflower paintings. MUSEUM EXHIBITION: American Art in Miniature, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, Oct. 20- Nov. 4. WINNER: American Artist Magazine 2007 Cover Competition, May 2007 issue. [reproductions] ARTIST?S CHOICE: 2006 International Realism Exhibition in Santa Fe, NM. Related story in the Jan/Feb 2007 issue of The Artist?s Magazine. [reproduction] LEADING MASTER OF CONTEMPORARY REALISM: July 2007 International Realism Exhibition, Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts, Cape Cod, MA. THE BEST OF REALISM: July 2006, Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts, Cape Cod, MA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Present and Future Area Events: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The Artist's Voice" May 16, 2008 through September 14, 2008 FRIST CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS Conte Community Arts Gallery 919 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203 "Artclectic 2008" October 23-26, 2008 University School of Nashville Art Show www.artclectic.org | 615.277.7460 Juror: Mark Scala, Chief Curator at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts