Bio
Camille Engel’s life has been as finely layered as the exquisite paintings she produces today. In a 30-year career, she has moved from graphic design to oils, and from corporate logos to prestigious fine art exhibitions.
At the young age of 23, Engel opened her own design firm in Tulsa specializing in logo design, advertising materials and packaging for clients such as Random House, Fruit of the Loom, MCA, RCA, and Warner/Curb. Years later she relocated to Nashville, TN establishing a new design firm, Engel Creative, with her husband, Todd Engel.
Engel began oil painting at the age of 46 when she heeded the advice that would forever change her life: “Pursue the dream that burns inside you…” Soon afterwards, she handed over ownership of her Nashville design firm to her devoted husband Todd.
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 and her paintings are also appearing in American Art Collector magazine, The Artist’s Magazine and the American Artist magazine with articles referencing realism paintings.
Engel’s paintings are being acquired by prominent corporate and private collections and she accepts both small and large scale commissions.
An American contemporary realist, Camille Engel works with oil pigments that are as permanent as she can acquire on the highest quality archival support — creating work that will last through time to be acquired by museums and desired by heirs.