Camille Mehta, Photo credit: Diamond's Edge Photography
I am a Okanagan based artist and teacher working in diverse mediums including oil, acrylic, charcoal and ink as well as digital format. The natural world and the human experience are my greatest sources of inspiration and I never tire of exploring various aspects of these themes in all areas of life, but especially my artistic life.
Portraiture is a passion area that has a way of uniting people with their experience of place, belonging and responsibility within their landscape. As I develop as an artist, it is my goal to explore the connection between people and their environment as an expression of climate activism. and reconciliation.
My painting style is greatly influenced by the impressionists using lost and found edges and the nuanced interplay between bold and neutral colour. My drawing style is a spontaneous response to my surroundings and experiences and I try my best to capture the place or the people as I see them. While I am mostly self taught, I have sought out and studied under various artistic mentors for whom I am very grateful. I am a passionate advocate for mental health, education and the climate. When I am not painting or teaching art, I can be found running in the woods with my dog or on an adventure with my kids. I live in Penticton with my husband and four children.
Portraiture is a passion area that has a way of uniting people with their experience of place, belonging and responsibility within their landscape. As I develop as an artist, it is my goal to explore the connection between people and their environment as an expression of climate activism. and reconciliation.
My painting style is greatly influenced by the impressionists using lost and found edges and the nuanced interplay between bold and neutral colour. My drawing style is a spontaneous response to my surroundings and experiences and I try my best to capture the place or the people as I see them. While I am mostly self taught, I have sought out and studied under various artistic mentors for whom I am very grateful. I am a passionate advocate for mental health, education and the climate. When I am not painting or teaching art, I can be found running in the woods with my dog or on an adventure with my kids. I live in Penticton with my husband and four children.
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2 STUDIOS ART - PAINTING TUTORIALS ON YOUTUBE
Mother/daughter duo, Camille Mehta and Jackie Conradi-Robertson, believe that making art heals and uplifts and should be accessible to all. As 2 Studios Art, we create free, short and easy painting tutorials. 2 Studios Art tutorials are designed to be enjoyable for artists of every age and ability. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and start painting with us!
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On March 3rd, 2018 I gave a TED talk at TEDx Stanley Park at the beautiful Queen Elizabeth Theater in Vancouver, Canada, titled 'Parenting Through Postpartum Depression. It has become a mission of mine to raise awareness on the issue of maternal mental illnesses like postpartum depression and anxiety and to end the isolation felt by so many women in the vulnerable stage of pregnancy and new motherhood. This talk has nearly 120,000 views. Watch my talk above and I look forward to responding to your comments on YouTube! Thanks for watching!
