Elizabeth Cameron

Racine, WI

Artist's Statement

Elizabeth “Libby” Cameron has been a full time professional painter of equine and canine portraits for twenty years. She photographs her subjects and then paints (with a pack of Standard Poodles and Norwegian Elkhounds) in her studio overlooking the fields of their Wisconsin horse farm. Her work comes through private referrals and magazine exposure. Using oil, acrylics, (or watercolors), in a classical method, she often uses her art to further animal rescue and conservation causes. Her website has fascinating examples showing the evolution of her technique (www.ElizabethCameron.com). Libby enjoys painting people as well as animals, and as a November 2006 Chicago Tribune article said, often becomes “the family painter”.

A 1974 graduate of Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Libby majored in painting and earned a four year Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She went on to become an artist/editor with the largest USA children’s book publisher for nine years before selling everything and buying a ticket to Spain to launch her portrait career. Cameron is thrilled and grateful to make her living as a painter of commissioned portraits. She recently added a series of foxhunt and pony scenes to her work and has been accepted into a national show and is exploring gallery representation.