quickly test out color combos or composition options without Steve Leahy were the most rewarding. I spent many, many
spending a dime on extra paint. I can efficiently create and cut years collaborating with Mark Nelson (RIP), often one of us
out intricate masking without wasting hours bent over a Xacto painting what the other sketched, but unfortunately his work
knife. There are still times where I just have to do it the old fash- was never widely published.
ioned way, but if I can save my client a few bucks and myself the
extra effort, I will!
Q. Which artist inspires you?
Q. What inspires you to paint?
A. Wow, that’s a hard question to answer. I am influenced by
A. Passion for life. Period. Even if I never made another dime off
so many artists, traditional painters and airbrushers alike. If I
airbrushing, I would still do it. I have been painting since before
had to pick only one that had the biggest impact on my develop-
I was walking, so for me, life would be shallow without it. I find
ment, it would have to be Robert Bateman. Even though he’s
inspiration everywhere: working in the garden, walking in the
a wildlife artist who works mostly with acrylics and brushes,
woods, watching an awesome movie, looking at other artists’
his work has really pushed me to constantly improve my own
work, hearing my kids laugh, talking to a great friend. I am sur-
work. I remember the first time I saw one of his paintings. It
rounded by the ravaging beauty and fierce reality of all life has
was at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau,
to offer and good or bad, it never fails to move me.
Wisconsin. My father had taken me to see the Birds in Art
Show, and I was permanently blown away.
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Marge Cameron
Cameron Arts, Inc.
www.myspace.com/cameron_arts
Q. What keeps you motivated on those days when you
just don’t feel like painting but commission work needs
to get finished?
A. Maintaining a good reputation and the light at the end of the
tunnel! I don’t ever want the stigma of the lazy or unprofession-
al airbrush artist. We have all heard horror stories from our
clients about some guy someone hired that went 3 months
over the promised deadline. Although I do fall behind some-
times on personal projects, I don’t ever want to be that artist
for my paying clients. They deserve more respect than that.
Then there’s the added bonus of knowing that once I get the
job done, it will be gone and I can move on to something else!
Q. Who are some artists you’ve worked with?
A. I have worked with many artists over the years, especially in
my old t-shirt days, entrenched shoulder-to-shoulder in amuse-
ment park booths. We would do some really cool stuff togeth-
er after work. But as far as direct collaborations on pieces
(whether it be modeling, sketching or painting), Rod Fuchs and
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